The Green Face

The Green Face

Gustav Meyrink

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1992

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About the Book

Original title: Das grüne Gesicht (1916).

The Green Face is set in Amsterdam, which is used in the novel as a symbol of European decadence, and is ultimately destroyed.

This novel has the classic Meyrink features – the mystical wedding, the galaxy of grotesque characters, and the haunting atmosphere of the ghetto.

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Gustav Meyrink

Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932) was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem. He has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".

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