The Pied Piper

By: Viktor Dyk, Mark Corner (Translator)

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Paperback | 15 July 2018 | Edition Number 1

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For The Pied Piper, Czech writer Viktor Dyk found his muse in the much retold medieval Saxon legend of the villainous, pipe-playing rat-catcher. Dyk uses the tale as a loose frame for his story of a mysterious wanderer, outcast, and would-be revolutionary—a dreamer typical of fin de siecle Czech literature who serves Dyk as a timely expression of the conflict between the petty concerns of bourgeois nineteenth-century society and the coming artistic generation. Impeccably rendered into English by Mark Corner, The Pied Piper retains the beautiful style of Dyk’s original Czech. The inspiration for several theatrical and film adaptations, including a noted animated work from critically acclaimed director Ji?i Barta, Dyk’s classical novella is given new life by Corner’s translation, proving that the piper is open to new interpretations still.

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"You may think you know the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, but probably not the way Dyk tells it in this novella... There's a timeless storybook quality to Corner's translation, but Dyk's work also feels remarkably contemporary, even now. The Pied Piper is a work of fine balances, one that lives on in the mind after reading."--David Hebblethwaite "European Literature Network"

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