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Description edit
Most famous supernatural novel in modern European literature, set in Ghetto of Old Prague around 1890. A compelling story of mystical experiences, strange transformations, profound terror. 13 black-and-white illustrations.
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Characters/People edit
- Mirjam: Add a description of this character.
- Athanasius Pernath: the ostensible protagonist; a jeweler who resides in the ghetto of Prague
- Hillel
- Aaron Wassertrum: another of Pernath's neighbors, this one a junk dealer and possibly a murderer. He is the antithesis of Hillel, embodying all of the then-popular negative stereotypes surrounding Jews.
- Charousek: sly poor student of medicine, suffers from tuberculosis, son of Wassertrum - hates him, helps Mr. Pernath
- Blick
- The Golem: sort of gestalt entity, a physical manifestation of the ghetto's inhabitants' collective psyche, as well as of the ghetto's own "self."
- Miriam / Mirjam: Hillel's compassionate and noble daughter.
- Herr Pernath
- Schemajah Hillel / Šemaja: wise and gentle Jewish neighbor of Pernath, learned in the Torah and Talmud; serves as a protector and instructor for Pernath as the jeweler begins to walk the path of mysticism.
- Kopf
- Rosina
- Meister Pernath
- Dr. Savioli
- Sie
- Dr. Wassory
- Augenblick
- Zimmer
- Herzen
- Prokop
- Mann
- Boden
- Stein
- Fenster
- Gasse
- Dann
- Erde
- Wenzel
- Geld
- Gesicht
- Tage
- Atem
- Zelle
- Willen
- Tisch
- Brust
- Hals
- Stunde
- Ruhe
- Tod
- Knie
- Kammer
- Dr. Hulbert
- Menge
- Munde
- Gott
- Stirn
- Ende
- Traum
- Luft
- Stelle
- Glück
- Sohn
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gustav Meyrink (Author)
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Page Count: 367
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Page Count: 367
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- Dewey: 838'.91
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