Author Description

THE DEATH KNIGHT: Expressionist Stories: 1900-1919 ("Ritter des Todes. Die Erzählungen von 1900 bis 1919") published in 1926 by Germany's Albert Ehrenstein (and here translated into English - nearly wholly for the first time - by Shawn Garrett), is a compilation of the writer's fiction pieces that appeared in many journals during that time span. They are a varied lot, from the 'textbook Expressionism' character study of the famed "Tubutsch," to the confessional "A Cat's Suicide" and "Gypsies," the scathing cultural critique of "Internment" and "The Way Out," absurd cosmic fantasies of "Ruäpehu" and "Mammuthbaum," middle-eastern fantasias of "Baber" & "Ham Star," and the classical Greek settings of "Sarpedon" and "Saccumum." There should be something for everyone in this plethora of visionary, mordant and comedic writing. Includes an Afterword by the Translator.