Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932) fue un acérrimo antiburgués y casi toda su obra está dirigida contra el lilusorio materialismo de sus contemporáneos. Muchas de sus novelas y relatos se desarrollan en el ambiente fantasmagórico de la vieja Praga y de sus antiguas leyendas, y en ellos se mezclan lo grot...
What does that mean? It is quite simple: he has used his imagination to portray people who do not really exist, has invented experiences for them and woven it all together. In broad terms that, or something like it, is the general opinion. Everyone assumes they know what imagination is, but there...
I scarcely even seemed to have time for meals. From dawn to dusk an irresistible urge towards physical activity shackled me to my workbench. I finished the cameo; Miriam received it with a childlike delight. I have also repaired the letter I in the Book of Ibbur. I leant back in my chair, relaxin...
“Excuse me, Mijnheer Swammerdam, I would like to ask you a brief question. All that you said about hysteria and the power that resides in names made me think; but, on the other hand …”“Allow me to give you a piece of advice, Mejuffrouw.” Swammerdam looked at her earnestly. “I am well aware that e...