by Gustav Meyrink · tapa dura · ISBN 9788476729366
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«El Golem» is the Gothic novel by Gustav Meyrink, published by Edicomunicación in hardcover (283 pages, in Spanish).
The jeweler Atanasius Pernath, tormented by amnesia and dreams, crosses paths with the Golem, a clay figure inspired by the Kabbalah that comes to life every thirty-three years and seems to share his face. Set in the Jewish ghetto of Prague, the novel turns the city's oppressive atmosphere into another character in the story.
The novel appeared in installments between 1913 and 1914 and was published as a book in 1915 under the original title «Der Golem». This Spanish edition is from 1999.
For readers of horror classics and fantasy literature interested in Jewish folklore and legendary Prague.
Gustav Meyrink was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem. He has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".
