Elixirs of the Devil

This edition presents the novel Elixirs of Satan, dedicated to Hoffmann's favorite theme of the destructive influence of the dark side of the human personality. Moreover, the invasion of evil into a person's soul is conditioned by both hereditary causes... and the action of external, demonic supernatural forces. The main character, monk Medardus, who accidentally tasted a mysterious liquid from a crystal vial, becomes an unwitting bearer of evil. The narrative, told from his perspective, allows one to follow the monastery passages and cells, and then through a colorful world and experience everything that the monk endured in life that is terrible, horrifying, mad, and ludicrous...
Addressed to all those who are attracted to the world of the mysterious and the unusual. The edition is supplemented with comments from the translator Vladimir Mikushevich.



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