Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler (English) Paperback Book

Description: Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler, Frederic Raphael, J.M.Q. Davies This wonderful translation of Dream Story will allow a fresh generation of readers to enjoy this beautiful, heartless and baffling novella. Dream Story tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife ware driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This wonderful translation of Dream Story will allow a fresh generation of readers to enjoy this beautiful, heartless and baffling novella. Dream Story tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife ware driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge. Notes Schnitzlers erotic novella, which provided the inspiration for Stanley Kubricks final film; Eyes Tight Shut, before his untimely death earlier this year. Author Biography The extraordinary Viennese writer Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1910) was the son of a prominent Jewish laryngologist. Schnitzler studied medicine at Vienna University, but soon abandoned medicine for writing. From 1895, he attracted public attention as a dramatist. Concentrating on sex and death, his work shows a remarkable capacity to create atmosphere and to pursue profound, ruthless and often Freudian analysis of human motives. Kirkus UK Review This wonderful short story, upon which Stanley Kubrick based his last film, Eyes Wide Shut, is a powerful exploration of human sexuality. Fridolin and Albertine are a happily married couple; but when she confesses to having been attracted to a stranger she glimpsed in a hotel, so much so that she would have left Fridolin, their child and their life just to spend one evening with him, the whole basis of their relationship is questioned. Fridolin is plunged into despair by her revelations; he wanders the streets full of anguish and discovers an underworld of sexual depravity beneath the veneer of civilized society. The couples misadventures are described cooly so that the prose is erotic without being poronographic, and it is up to the reader to decide if they are true or part of a larger dream. (Kirkus UK) Details ISBN0141182245 Pages 128 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 1999 Translator J.M.Q. Davies ISBN-10 0141182245 ISBN-13 9780141182247 Format Paperback Publication Date 1999-07-01 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from German DEWEY 833.8 Birth 1862 Death 1931 Author J.M.Q. Davies Media Book Language English Series Penguin Modern Classics UK Release Date 1999-07-01 Audience General NZ Release Date 1999-09-23 AU Release Date 1999-09-23 Alternative 9780141960128 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:657840;

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