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Ladislav Klima, Carleton Bulkin (TRN) The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch

A Grotesque Tale of Horror

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Twisted Spoon Press

Czech Republic

2008

Paperback

243

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223121

978-80-86264-33-2

80-86264-33-5

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The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch is the apotheosis of Klíma's philosophy. In a series of journal entries, the novel chronicles the descent into madness of Prince Sternenhoch, the German Empire's foremost aristocrat and favorite of the Kaiser. Having become the "lowliest worm" at the hands of his deceased wife Helga, the Queen of Hells, Sternenhoch eventually attains an ultimate state of bliss and salvation through the most grotesque form of perversion. Klíma explores here the paradoxical nature of pure spirituality with a humor that is as darkly comical as it is obscene. This volume, the first of Klíma's work to appear in English translation, also includes his notorious essay "My Autobiography."

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