Opium and Other Stories (Writers from the Other Europe) [Mass Market Paperback]

Geza Csath (Author), Marianna D. Birnbaum (Editor), Philip Roth (Editor), Jascha Kessler (Translator), Charlotte Rogers (Translator)

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Text: English, Hungarian (translation)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books; 1st edition (July 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140066896
• ISBN-13: 978-0140066890
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,396,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A curoius dreamscape of short stories dealing with addiction, March 17, 1999

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This review is from: Opium and Other Stories (Writers from the Other Europe) (Mass Market Paperback)

Opium Dreams is a rather obscure little collection of short stories by a virtually unknown writer who died under bizarre and violent circumstances at the end of World War I. The stories are excellent dream-like journeys through the macabre world of addiction. From opium to absinthe, each story is a window which sheds light on the darker sides of the human mind caught in the throes of addiction. It is less didactic and more enjoyable than De Quincey--definitely the product of a mind ravaged by the subject matter of the stories. A rarity which is well worth adding to any library.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the opened third eye, October 28, 2006

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Attila Zahorak (Budapest, Hungary) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opium and Other Stories (Writers from the Other Europe) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is something else. Not addiction. Opium is a picture about the third world where everyone wants to be. Maybe not this way tho...

These ditties are pictures and visions from Csath unearthly mind. 'The Red Esther' or 'Erna' - warm stories with the woman of his great, deep soul. The impossible points are in which you get being arrested, and get turned out to another line. To an innocent, life-made sudden end.

Csath's voice talks to you as your friend, slightly introduce you into this land and this is another thing what makes the whole thing so enchanting.

Book a seat for this beautiful journey.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Addiction Stories from Eastern Europe, May 11, 2006

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Stephen Hancock "Scholar born 300 years late." (Snellville, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opium and Other Stories (Writers from the Other Europe) (Mass Market Paperback)

I ran acrosss this odd book while taking a class on "Literature from the Other Europe", meaning, not Britain, Franch or Spain. What I found was perhaps the truest account of addiction I've seen from anywhere but America or England. "Opium" is a short story that covers in a few pages the euphoria and self loathing of the addict. This wasn't written by someone faking addiction. You can feel everything as if you were living it yourself.