Hugo Steiner-Prag Libri

First published in serial form as Der Golem in the periodical Die weissen Blätter in 1913–14, The Golem is a haunting Gothic tale of stolen identity and persecution, set in a strange underworld peopled by fantastical characters. The red-headed prostitute Rosina; the junk-dealer Aaron Wassertrum; puppeteers; street musicians; and a deaf-mute silhouette artist. Lurking in its inhabitants’ subconscious is the Golem, a creature of rabbinical myth. Supposedly a manifestation of all the suffering of the ghetto, it comes to life every 33 years in a room without a door. When the jeweller Athanasius Pernath, suffering from broken dreams and amnesia, sees the Golem, he realises to his terror that the ghostly man of clay shares his own face. . . . The Golem, though rarely seen, is central to the novel as a representative of the ghetto's own spirit and consciousness, brought to life by the suffering and misery that its inhabitants have endured over the centuries. Perhaps the most memorable figure in the story is the city of Prague itself, recognisable through its landmarks such as the Street of the Alchemists and the Castle.

Wie Es Kam, Dass Am 20. August 1849, Um Halb Ein Uhr Nachmittags, Österreich Nicht Zerstört Wurde / Jan Neruda -- Das Gespenst Der Judenstadt / Paul Leppin -- Der Gestohlene Mord / Karel Čapek -- Giulietta / Max Brod -- Die Erzählung Vom Raubmörder Babinski / Gustav Meyrink -- Generationen / Rainer Maria Rilke -- Der Buchdämon / Svatopluk Čech -- Das Superarbitrierungsverfahren Des Braven Soldaten Schwejk / Jaroslav Hašek -- Ein Sonderbares Kochrezept / Ignát Herrmann -- Mariengasse 1900 / N.o. Scarpi -- Das Almosen / Jaroslav Durych -- Die Schaffung Des Golems / Micha Josef Bin Gorion -- Den Golem Wiederzuerwecken / Egon Erwin Kisch -- Von Den Zwei Bettlern / Adalbert Stifter -- Die Letzten Harfenspieler / Jakub Arbes -- Das Königsbad / Hugo Salus -- Weissenstein, Der Weltverbesserer / Franz Werfel -- Der Kübelreiter / Franz Kafka -- Zu Den Neun Teufeln / Johannes Urzidil. Gesammelt Von Peter Demetz ; Mit Illustrationen Von Hugo Steiner-prag.