PUBLISHERS OF LITERARY FICTION SINCE 1983
Translator: Mike Mitchell
The White Dominican is Meyrink's most esoteric novel, and draws on the wisdom of a number of mystical traditions, the most important of which is Tao. It is set in a mystical version of the Bavarian town of Wassserburg which sits on a promontory surrounded on three sides by the river Inn.
The novel describes the spiritual journey of the simple hero, who, guided by a number of figures including his eccentric father, the spirit of of a distant ancestor, the protecting presence of his dead lover and the mysterious figure of the White Dominican, escapes the 'Medusa head' of the world to a transfiguration, through which he joins the 'living chain that stretches to infinity'.
RRP: £9.99
No. of pages: 165
Publication date: 26.03.2021
ISBN numbers:
Paperback
978 1 912868 38 4
Ebook
978 1 907650 75 8
Rights:
World English language in this translation.