My Papa and the Maid of Orléans and Other Grotesques - Paperback
by Mynona
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Wakefield PressISBN-13:9781939663276ISBN-10:193966327XUPC:9781939663276Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author)Size:6.90 x 4.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCT1KG2EVN
My Papa and the Maid of Orléans and Other Grotesques
Twelve grotesque tales from the philosopher and literary absurdist Mynona
Mynona's other 1921 collection of grotesques is no less provocative and just as indefinable in nature--even close to a century after its original publication. These twelve off-kilter parabolic tales include items such as "The Chamber Pot as Lifesaver," "The Art of Self-Embalming," "The Maiden as Toothpowder," "Your Panties...Language:EnglishPublisher:Wakefield PressISBN-13:9781939663276ISBN-10:193966327XUPC:9781939663276Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author)Size:6.90 x 4.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCT1KG2EVN
Mentioned in his day in the same breath as Kafka, Mynona, a.k.a. Salomo Friedlaender (1871-1946), was a perfectly functioning split personality: a philosopher by day (author of Friedrich Nietzsche: An Intellectual Biography and Kant for Kids) and a literary absurdist by night, who composed black-humored tales he called Grotesken. His friends and fans included Martin Buber, Walter Benjamin and...
Publisher: Wakefield Press
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