The Storyteller: Tales Out of Loneliness
Benjamin, Walter
ISBN 10: 1784783048 ISBN 13: 9781784783044
Published by Verso, 2016
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The Storyteller gathers for the first time the fiction of the legendary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin, best known for his groundbreaking studies of culture and literature, including Illuminations, One-Way Street and The Arcades Project. His stories revel in the erotic tensions of city life, cross the threshold between rational and hallucinatory realms, celebrate the importance of games, and delve into the peculiar relationship between gambling and fortune-telling, and explore the themes that defined Benjamin. The novellas, fables, histories, aphorisms, parables and riddles in this collection are brought to life by the playful imagery of the modernist artist and Bauhaus figure Paul Klee.
About the Author: Walter Benjamin (1892 1940) was a German Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator and philosopher. He was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and is the author of Illuminations, The Arcades Project, and The Origin of German Tragic Drama.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Storyteller: Tales Out of Loneliness
Publisher: Verso
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Klee, Paul
Condition: As New
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