The first English-language biography of the novelist and magus. Stories collected round Gustav Meyrink, so that it is often difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink presents the reader with both the remarkable life...
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The first English-language biography of the novelist and magus. Stories collected round Gustav Meyrink, so that it is often difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink presents the reader with both the remarkable life and the fantastic legend that was Meyrink, allowing him and those who knew him to speak in their own words wherever possible
Cover; Title; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prefatory Note; 1 Birth and Childhood; 2 Prague; 3 The Occult; 4 The End of Life in Prague; 5 Meyer becomes Meyrink; 6 Unsettled Years; 7 The Golem; 8 The First World War; 9 Meyrink in Starnberg; 10 Meyrink's Beliefs; 11 His Death; Index; About the Author; Copyright;