de Noche, Bajo El Puente de Piedra (Paperback)

from DieFledermaus

This book is a series of linked stories. Each can be read on its own (though there are a couple that would leave you hanging if you didn't know the previously-described relationships) but together they provide the links connecting the central characters - Rudolf II, the continually broke, sometim...

from Castlelass

Published in 1953, this book is a series of interrelated short stories set in Prague in the late 1500s to early 1600s. The plot revolves around the attempt to cure the ills of the city, avoiding a perceived curse put upon it. There is no single protagonist, and various characters appear in multip...

from raizel

Surprisingly (to me) this is a book with magic and Rabbi Judah Loew and Rudolf II, but no golem. It is also a translation from the German. Harder to translate are Jewish symbols: I guess that "spicy applesauce" is the Charoset---chopped apples, nuts, wine, cinnamon are some possible ingredients--...

from jburlinson

A masterwork from an, up until recently, underappreciated author of the mid-20th century. The book is constructed as a series of short stories, each self sufficient independently, that, collectively, slowly piece together an overarching narrative that takes over 3 centuries to play itself out. Th...

from jburlinson

A masterwork from an, up until recently, underappreciated author of the mid-20th century. The book is constructed as a series of short stories, each self sufficient independently, that, collectively, slowly piece together an overarching narrative that takes over 3 centuries to play itself out. Th...