The Waterfalls of Slunj (Eridano's Library, Vol 6)

Von Doderer, Heimito

Rizzoli Intl Pubns

novel, Austria, tr Richard &amp; Clara Winston

Demons (Sun & Moon Classics)

Literature & Fiction

WINSTON, Richard

Winston, Clara

Contemporary

Sun & Moon Press

Every Man a Murderer (Sun & Moon Classics)

The Secret of the Empire, based on Heimito von Doderer's own life as a captive of the Russians from 1916 to 1920, portrays the experiences of Austrian war prisoners in Siberia during the Russian Civil War, caught between the inexorable approach of Reds and the often cruel rearguard actions of the Whites and their Czech Legion allies. Threatened by disease, deprived of all that is familiar, and faced by a landscape that is alternately malevolent and breathtakingly beautiful - but always colossal and endless - the young Austrians attempt to deal with their captivity in a variety of ways ranging from withdrawal into the intellectual or artistic spheres to active participation in the political movements to simply finding someone to fall in love with, until they too are finally engulfed by the conflagration which has been glowing on the horizon all the while. - This early novel reveals clearly the beginnings of Doderer's lifelong preoccupation with the problems of perception of reality and character development or 'humanization.' Beyond that, however, it is a document of personal courage and enduring friendship set against the backdrop of a Russia unknown to most of us.

The Secret of the Empire: A Novel of the Russian Civil War (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture and Thought : Translation Series)

Barrett, John S

Ariadne Pr

In his eminence, his iconic status, and his masterful command of enormous fictional realms in several huge novels, Heimito von Doderer (1896-1966) still enjoys legendary status close to forty years after his death. The daunting scope of his novels - his magnum opus is over 1300 pages long - has tended to obscure his achievement as a writer of shorter fiction, even in the German-speaking world. Doderer came to esteem his brief stories and tales quite highly, and he took special pride in condensing whole plots and conflicts into one-sentence fictions. By turns playful and poignant, grotesque and idyllic, the short fiction merits a wider audience.

Person Made of Porcelain And Other Stories

The Demons: Volume One

Literary

Wiseblood Books

The Demons: Volume Two

Los demonios: Según la crónica del jefe de sección Geyrenhoff

Short Stories & Anthologies

Acantilado

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