First published in serial form from december 19 to august 1. The golem has been generally acknowledged to be meyrinks. Gustav meyrink s the golem, which is celebrating its centenary, is one of the most absorbing, atmospheric and mindboggling slices of fantasy ever committed to print part dreamlike. It was published in 1915 and takes place in prague in 1890. Gustav meyrink y carl gustav jung, frenia, 2012, isbn. Gustav meyrink 18651932 1932 found worldwide fame with the golem and dedalus has published all his major work in english. Supposedly a manifestation of all the suffering of the ghetto, it comes to life every 33 years in a room without a door. Il golem racconti neri di gustav meyrink, interprete giancarlo giannini.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Lurking in its inhabitants subconscious is the golem, a creature of rabbinical myth. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. However, instead of the horror or monster drama that we, gentle reader, may be expecting, he explores the meaning of identity, mystically speaking, in the form of a highbrow 19thcentury book written in the style of a psychological gothic of the time. Thoughts after a second reading of the golem by gustav meyrink. The golem is a novel written by gustav meyrink between 1907 and 1914. The golem by gustav meyrink, is an early 20thcentury literary gothic published in 1915. This by no means should frighten anyone off from the book, it is a marvelous piece of literature. After both readings i was left spell bound by this book and a little perplexed. He has been described as the most respected german language writer in the field of supernatural fiction. Taking the legend of the golem, the artificial man who was created by the use of the kaballah magic power, a legend from the times of rabbi low, contemporary of the emperor of germany rudolph ii, meyrink goes beyong this legend to envelope the reader in a complex atmosphere, the atmosphere of the jewish quarter of prague, sinister, sombre, gloomy, just like kafkas novels. The most famous meyrink s novel, rooted in jewish legend about a rabbi who made a living being called golem out of clay and animated him with a kabbalistic. The golem is a haunting gothic tale of stolen identity and persecution, set in a strange underworld peopled by fantastical characters. The golemgustav meyrinkfree downloadpdf epubfreeditorial.