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The Mysterious Stranger
In his last years Mark Twain had become a respected literary figure whose opinions were widely sought by the press. He had also suffered a series of painful physical, economic, and emotional losses. The Mysterious Stranger, published posthumously in 1916 and belonging to Twain's -dark- period, belies the popular image of the affable American humorist. In ...
Detaily o knihe
Počet strán: 122
Rozmer: 128x203x8 mm
Hmotnosť: 95 g
Jazyk: Anglicky
EAN: 9780486270692
Žáner: Angličtina - beletrie
Typ: Paperback
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O knihe
In his last years Mark Twain had become a respected literary figure whose opinions were widely sought by the press. He had also suffered a series of painful physical, economic, and emotional losses. The Mysterious Stranger, published posthumously in 1916 and belonging to Twain's -dark- period, belies the popular image of the affable American humorist. In this antireligious tale, Twain denies the existence of a benign Providence, a soul, an afterlife, and even reality itself. As the Stranger in the story asserts, -nothing exists; all is a dream.-
