[Item #47535] Flight into Darkness. Arthur SCHNITZLER, William A. Drake, trans.

Flight into Darkness

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); dark blue cloth, with red spine label and signature on front; blue and pink dustwrapper; 3-152pp. Boards show minor rubbing to extremities, small bump to crown of spine. Dustwrapper well toned, original bright pink color still present on rear and inner panels; large tears to joint of front inner panel, chips and shorter tears to extremities/spine; smudges and scratches. Textblock edges and ffep toned, else Near Fine in Good dustwrapper.

Flight into Darkness (Flucht in die Finsternes, 1931) was Austrian author/playwright Arthur Schnitzler's last novel, published shortly before his death that same year. Schnitzler's works were usually sexually charged and controversial, particularly as a Jewish writer in an increasingly anti-semitic environment (his books were among those banned and burned by the Nazis). Schnitzler also had a medical degree and considerable practical experience in the field, and often worked psychological themes into his works. As such, Flight into Darkness takes a somewhat clinical but gripping tour of the mind of a man who fears he is going mad.

Price: $60.00

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