{"product_id":"the-creator-paperback-3","title":"The Creator - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMynona\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Wortsman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDetlef Thiel\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA philosophical fable from a great forgotten German fabulist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBilled by its author--the pseudonymous Mynona (German for \"anonymous\" backward)--as \"the most profound magical experiment since Nostradamus,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Creator\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tale of Gumprecht Weiss, an intellectual who has withdrawn from a life of libertinage to pursue his solitary philosophical ruminations. At first dreaming and then actually encountering an enticing young woman named Elvira, Weiss discovers that she has escaped the clutches of her uncle, the Baron, who has been using her as a guinea pig in his metaphysical experiments. But the Baron catches up with them and persuades Gumprecht and Elvira to come to his laboratory, to engage in an experiment to bridge the divide between waking consciousness and dream by entering a mirror engineered to bend and blend realities. Mynona's philosophical fable was described by the legendary German publisher Kurt Wolff as \"a station farther on the imaginative train of thought of Hoffmann, Villiers, Poe, etc.,\" when it appeared in 1920, with illustrations by Alfred Kubin (included here). With this first English-language edition, Wakefield Press introduces the work of a great forgotten German fabulist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMentioned in his day in the same breath as Kafka, \u003cb\u003eMynona\u003c\/b\u003e, aka Salomo Friedlaender (1871-1946), was a perfectly functioning split personality: a serious philosopher by day (author of \u003ci\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche: An Intellectual Biography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKant for Children\u003c\/i\u003e) and a literary absurdist by night, who composed black humored tales he called \u003ci\u003eGrostesken\u003c\/i\u003e. His friends and fans included Martin Buber, Walter Benjamin and Karl Kraus.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249082679545,"sku":"9781939663078","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MENaNXo4VlZEWFRCR0RUNTE4YVhOQT09_50999a55-28fd-4da5-a3d7-eb17b69fd3ec.webp?v=1768641472","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-creator-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}