The Golem (Meyrink novel)

The Golem
First Edition, Kurt Wolff, Leipzig 1915/16
AuthorGustav Meyrink
Original titleDer Golem
LanguageGerman
GenreSpeculative fiction
PublisherKurt Wolff
Publication date
1915
Publication placeGermany

The Golem (original German title: Der Golem) is a novel written by Gustav Meyrink between 1907 and 1914.[1] First published in serial form from December 1913 to August 1914[1] in the periodical Die Weißen Blätter, The Golem was published in book form in 1915 by Kurt Wolff, Leipzig. The Golem was Meyrink's first novel. It sold over 200,000 copies in 1915.[2] It became his most popular and successful literary work,[2] and is generally described as the most "accessible" of his full-length novels. It was first translated into English in 1928.

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  2. ^ a b Barnett, David (March 21, 2018). "Gustav Meyrink: The mysterious life of Kafka's contemporary". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved April 23, 2019.