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THE DEMONS IBD

HEIMITO VON DODERER / RICHARD AND CLARA WI
WISEBLOOD BOOKS
10 / 2023
9781951319854
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Sinopsis

Regarded by many as the most important Austrian novel of its era, Heimito von DodererâÇÖs The Demons is a sweeping portrayal of Viennese society on the cusp of catastrophic and irrevocable change.áNarrated by retired civil servant Georg von Geyrenhoff, this monumental work takes readers on an intimate, multi-layered tour through ViennaâÇÖs cafés and kitchens, bedrooms and back alleys, modest apartments and artistâÇÖs ateliers, palatial parlors and wooded parks, a basement, and a burning palace.áAs a great conductor harmonizes a hundred discordant instruments into a concert, so too Heimoto von Doderer has blended his riotous cast of characters into a symphony that chronicles the cataclysmic events that alter, even end, these charactersâÇÖ lives.Each note adds, however minutely, to the whole.The paradoxes of this novel-which von Doderer wrote and revised over the course of twenty five years-are born from the paradoxes of Europe after the first world war, with its superficial peace and order layered over a festering decline and despair that erupts into World War II. But amidst the background of ViennaâÇÖs historical July Revolt, which culminated in the Palace of Justice set aflame, The Demons asks us to see significance in even the smallest kitchen fire too-to see the souls beneath the world-historical heavings.ááThe Wiseblood Double-Volume contains both an extended introduction by Martin Mosebach, 'The Art of Archery and the Novel: The âÇÖCommentariiâÇÖ of Heimito von Doderer,' and an appendix with von DodererâÇÖs lectures on the 'Foundations and Function of the Novel.' Both of these works have been ably translated by Dr. Vincent Kling.

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