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03540aam a2200481 i 4500 001 7F7CBF5ADDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230418010100 008 220615t20231983nyua e 000 j eng d 020 $a 1609458133 020 $a 9781609458133 035 $a (OCoLC)1330195375 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d OCP $d GP5 $d OCLCF $d BKL $d YDX $d CUS $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h hun 043 $a e-hu--- 050 4 $a PH3213.C69 $b M3413 2023 082 04 $a [Fic] $a [Fic] $2 23/eng/20230210 100 1 $a CsaÌth, GeÌza, $d 1887-1919, $e author. 240 10 $a Magician's garden and other stories 245 10 $a Opium and other stories / $c GeÌza CsaÌth ; translated from the Hungarian by Jascha Kessler and Charlotte Rogers ; selected and with a biographical note by Marianna D. Birnbaum. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Europa Editions, $c 2023. 300 $a 162 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "This spellbinding collection of stories by one of Eastern Europe's most visionary authors vividly depicts the darkest impulses of the human psyche and the irrationality lurking just beneath the surface of a seemingly rational society teetering on the verge of the abyss. Set against the backdrop of a Europe descending into the chaos of World War I, CsaÌth's stories possess clarity, insight, and at times are remarkable for their shock-value. They are unsettling and gothic, surreal and dreamlike, and each in its own way pierces the veil of normality to reveal a truth to which CsaÌth himself ultimately succumbed"--Front jacket flap. 500 $a "First published in the United States of America under the title The magician's garden by Columbia University Press, 1980. Published in Penguin Books, 1983"--Verso t.p. 545 0 $a "A writer, playwright, musician, psychiatrist, and physician, GeÌza CsaÌth was born in Hungary at the end of the 19th century. As a physician, he was one of Sigmund Freud's earliest followers. CsaÌth pushed both life and art to radical extremes in an all consuming, and ultimately fatal, search for the unvarnished truth about the human condition"--Inside front cover. 546 $a Translated into English from the original Hungarian. 505 00 $t The magician dies. $t Paul and Virginia -- $t An afternoon dream -- $t Saturday evening -- $t Trepov on the dissecting table -- $t Erna -- $t The surgeon -- $t Meeting mother -- $t Murder -- $t Little Emma -- $t Opium -- $t A young lady -- $t Festal slaughter -- $t A Joseph in Egypt -- $t Musicians -- $t The black silence -- $t Railroad -- $t Toad -- $t The pass -- $t Matricide -- $t A dream forgotten -- $t Father, son -- $t "Souvenir" -- $t The magician dies. 600 10 $a CsaÌth, GeÌza, $d 1887-1919 $v Translations into English. 600 17 $a CsaÌth, GeÌza, $d 1887-1919. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00046998 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 651 0 $a Hungary $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 651 7 $a Hungary. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205132 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726740 655 7 $a Translations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423791 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Birnbaum, Marianna D., $e writer of introduction. $e writer of introduction. 700 1 $a Kessler, Jascha Frederick, $d 1929- $e translator. 700 1 $a Rogers, Charlotte, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117021107.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7F7CBF5ADDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search