num_pages: 117
description: Leppin was the truly chosen bard of the painfully disappearing old Prague, its infamous side streets and debauched nights ... a poet of eternal disillusionment, he was at once a servant of the devil and an adorer of the Madonna.– Max BrodLeppin once wrote: “Prague remains my deepest experience. Its conflicts, its mystery, its ratcatcher’s beauty have ever provided my poetic efforts with new inspiration and meaning.” It is this city of darkened walls and strange decay that forms the backdrop of Severin’s erotic adventures and fateful encounters as he enters a world of femmes fatales, Russian anarchists, dabblers in the occult, and denizens of decadent salons. First published in 1914, Leppin seeks to unlock the mysterious erotic nature of his native city buried deep in the subconscious of its inhabitants. His depiction of this world, in a Prague straddling the border between the ancient and the modern, has brought Severin’s Journey into the Dark deserved international acclaim. As Max Brod so aptly remarked: "Leppin was the truly chosen bard of the painfully disappearing old Prague..."
language: English
title: Severin's Journey into the Dark: A Prague Ghost Story
titlecomplete: Severin's Journey into the Dark: A Prague Ghost Story
characters: Zdenka, Nathan Meyer, Mylada, Severin von Kusiemski, Ruschena, Nikolaus, Lazarus Kain, Karla, Doktor Konrad, Susanna Kain
genres: Fiction, Czech Literature, 20th Century, German Literature, Novella, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 307
places: Prague (Praha)
publisher: Twisted Spoon Press