The Golem

Gustav Meyrink

Translated by Mike Mitchell earliest edition we have, 1976 Dedalus,, 2000 paperback 262 pages

Dedalus European classics

A masterpiece of surreal fantasy. The protagonist, called Athanasius Pernath is flung from the present, to the past, from one nightmare situation where the characters he meets have no link with anyon else. Underlying all the surface panic is a decades-old tragedy, followed by a present-day one. Kafka and Meyrink were contemporaries in the same city, and both possessed the gift of fantasy. It is not correct to say tha...

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This book in English

M. Pemberton 2 printings we hold · 1985–1987 · Dedalus Ltd
Mike Mitchell 1 printing we hold · 2000 · Dedalus,

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Editions we hold

The Golem (Dedalus European Classics) paperback · 2000 · Dedalus, · 262 pages
Golem paperback · 2000 · Bookpeople · 9780914726098
The Golem paperback · 1987 · Hippocrene Books · 304 pages
The Golem edition · 1986 · Dover Publications · 190 pages
The Golem (European Classics) hardcover · 1985 · Dedalus Ltd · 265 pages · 9780946626120
The Golem edition · 1976 · Dover Publications · 412 pages

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