The Twilight of the Souls

The Twilight of the Souls

This is the third of the novels known as The Book of the Small Souls and is by some considered the greatest of the series. Be this as it mayand I confess that personally I like Small Souls the bestit is, beyond dispute, one of the most masterly and striking stories that this generation has produced. It can be read separately and independently, but will be enjoyed more fully by those who are familiar with Small Souls and The Later Life. The series will conclude with the next volume, which, in the English version, will be entitled Dr. Adriaan. When Gerrit woke that morning, his head felt misty and tired, as though weighed down by a mountain landscape, by a whole stack of mist-mountains that bore heavily upon his brain. His eyes remained closed; and, though he was waking, his nightmare still seemed to cast an after-shadow: a nightmare that he was being crushed by great rocky avalanches, which he felt pressing deep down inside his head, though he was conscious that the red daylight was already dawning through his closed eyelids. He lay there, big and burly, sprawling in his bed, beside Adeline's empty bed: he felt that her bed was empty, that there was no one in the room. The curtains had been drawn back, but the blinds were still down. And, though he was awake, his eyelids remained closed and through them he saw only the red of the daylight as through two pink shells: it seemed as if he would never be able to lift those two leaden lids from his eyes. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 34458
Author: Couperus, Louis
Release Date: Nov 27, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921