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German writing
Read an essay on
Severin's Journey here
also by the author:
Others' Paradise
Blaugast
about the translator:
Kevin Blahut has an MA in German Language and Literature and
has spent a number of years studying language in both Berlin and
Prague. His other translations include three volumes of Kafka's
short stories and The Maimed by Hermann Ungar.
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severin's journey into the dark
by Paul Leppin
translated from the German by Kevin Blahut
frontispiece by Richard Teschner
First published in 1914, this acclaimed novel is set in Prague,
a city of darkened walls and strange decay which forms the backdrop
of Severin's erotic adventures and fateful encounters — a
world of femmes fatales, Russian anarchists, dabblers in the occult
and denizens of decadent salons.
Praise:
. . . a gem, a beautifully spun tale. . . Leppin walks us through the streets of Prague to weave a haunting atmosphere that enhances the tale's moody texture and provides an enticing peek at pre-World War I Prague. |
— Prognosis
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Recommended to anyone who is interested in the German fantasy tradition of Prague . . . |
— Locus Magazine
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This novel would have been perfect material for a 1920s German Expressionist film, with shots of shadowy alleys dripping with menace and cadaverous black-eyed bar girls
. . . there is a compelling drive in this short tale. |
— The Prague Post
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ISBN 80 901257 2 7
116 pp.
135 x 195 mm
softcover with flaps
fiction / novel
temporarily out of stock
reprint forthcoming
e-editions
Kindle
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