Fledermäuse: Sieben Geschichten

Name: Fledermäuse: Sieben Geschichten
Author: Gustav Meyrink

By Gustav Meyrink

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A collection of seven short tales that creates uncanny, dreamlike atmospheres, often set amid crumbling houses and winter landscapes. Each piece sketches a disturbed inner life in which obsession, hallucination, and superstition erode the boundary between perception and reality. Vivid sensory detail—flickering fires, rustling fabrics, and glittering frost—accentuates motifs of paralysis, decay, and domestic ritual gone awry. Stories alternate between intimate psychological portraits and grotesque, fantastical episodes to examine isolation, compulsion, and the slow disintegration of ordinary routines.

About the Author

Gustav Meyrink

Gustav Meyrink was an Austrian author and playwright, best known for his contributions to the genre of fantastic literature. His most notable work, "Der Golem," explores themes of mysticism and the supernatural, drawing on Jewish folklore and the legend of the Golem of Prague. Meyrink's writing often reflects his interest in the occult and the metaphysical, blending elements of horror and fantasy. In addition to novels, he wrote several short stories and novellas, including "Das grüne Gesicht" and "Der violette Tod." His unique narrative style and imaginative storytelling have secured his place in the literary heritage of early 20th-century Europe.