Author | Gustav Meyrink |
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Language | German |
Genre | Fiction |
Published | 1916 |
Publication place | Austria |
Pages | 224 |
The Green Face ( German: Das grüne Gesicht) is a 1916 novel by Gustav Meyrink. [1] The book is set in Amsterdam and opens with a stranger visiting a peculiar magic shop, host to a number of unusual customers. One has a green face, which horrifies and haunts the stranger, so that he attempts to track down the man. [2] Like his previous work The Golem, the book makes use of the Wandering Jew trope. [3] [4]
Author | Gustav Meyrink |
---|---|
Language | German |
Genre | Fiction |
Published | 1916 |
Publication place | Austria |
Pages | 224 |
The Green Face ( German: Das grüne Gesicht) is a 1916 novel by Gustav Meyrink. [1] The book is set in Amsterdam and opens with a stranger visiting a peculiar magic shop, host to a number of unusual customers. One has a green face, which horrifies and haunts the stranger, so that he attempts to track down the man. [2] Like his previous work The Golem, the book makes use of the Wandering Jew trope. [3] [4]