Hashish

Hashish

Oscar A. H. Schmitz, 1873-1931

Book - 2018

"Encountering the enigmatic dandy Count Vittorio Alta-Carrara in a Parisian eatery, the narrator finds himself invited to a zHashish Club,y where in the dim light of red-filtered candles, a roomful of zrecumbent wanderersy explores the abyss of the unconscious....A forgotten yet important chapter in the lineage of German fantastic and decadent literature, this translation of Hashish is illustrated throughout with drawings by the author's brother-in-law, Alfred Kubin, from the book's second, 1913 German edition."--Back cover.

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Subjects
Hashish > Fiction.
Satanism > Fiction.
Grotesque > Fiction.
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Wakefield Press ©2018.
Language
English
German
Main Author
Oscar A. H. Schmitz, 1873-1931 (author)
Other Authors
Alfred Kubin, 1877-1959 (illustrator), W. C. Bamberger (translator), James J. Conway (writer of afterword)
Item Description
"Originally published as Haschisch: Erzählungen, Frankfurt am Main: Südwestdeutscher Verlag, 1902"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
xvi, 145 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
ISBN
9781939663313
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