The Asylum Of Dr. Caligari EPUB
by James Morrow, James Morrow
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No one does history-meets-the-fantastic like Morrow. The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a great example Impressionism versus expressionism, psychology in the asylum of dreams, the weaponization of art, big laughs and big ideas, a wild imagination, and smooth, subtle writing.
Jeffrey Ford, author of A Natural History of Hell
It is the summer of 1914. As the world teeters on the brink of the Great War, a callow American painter, Francis Wyndham, arrives at a renowned European insane asylum, where he begins offering art therapy under the auspices of Alessandro Caligari sinister psychiatrist, maniacal artist, alleged sorcerer. And determined to turn the impending cataclysm to his financial advantage, Dr. Caligari will for a price allow governments to parade their troops past his masterpiece: a painting so mesmerizing it can incite entire regiments to rush headlong into battle.
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a timely tale that is by turns funny and ero
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Tachyon Publications
- Publication Date:30/05/2017
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- ISBN:9781616962661
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Tachyon Publications
- Publication Date:30/05/2017
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- ISBN:9781616962661