Der Golem

Edition in German. "The Golem" – a recognized masterpiece of expressionist literature, which brought Austrian writer Gustav Meyrink worldwide fame. Written in the genre of magical realism, the novel transports the reader to mysterious Prague, where the protagonist begins to... experience astonishing dreams. In them, he lives the life of his double Athanasius Pernath – the owner of a hat that he mistakenly took instead of his own. Does Pernath exist in reality, or is he just a product of a dream? Or perhaps, Pernath is the human embodiment of the clay monster Golem, coming to life through the Kabbalistic spells of a rabbi? Does it even matter, if, upon waking from the dream, people "become prey to a new dream, deeper than the one from which they have just emerged." The book is published in an unadapted version. Enjoy Gustav Meyrink's mystical novel in the original!