Project Gutenberg 2025-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 237 Kubin, Alfred 1877 1959 Die andere Seite : $b Ein phantastischer Roman $aMünchen :$bGeorg Müller, $c1909. Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_andere_Seite_(Roman) Illustrated by the author. Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Die andere Seite: Ein phantastischer Roman" by Alfred Kubin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on a narrator, a graphic artist, who receives an enigmatic invitation from his reclusive and extraordinarily wealthy former schoolmate, Claus Patera, to move to a mysterious and isolated "Dream Realm"—an entirely artificial country cut off from modern progress. The book delves into themes of psychological tension, nostalgia, and the interplay between dream and reality, with Patera as the shadowy figure around whom the Dream Realm and its strange rules revolve. The beginning of the novel introduces us to the narrator's recollections of Claus Patera, marked by peculiar memories and a sense of foreboding tied to Patera's influence. After years apart, the narrator—now a struggling illustrator in Munich—is visited by the agent Gautsch, who delivers the bizarre proposal: to relocate, with his wife, to Patera's Dream Realm, a place meticulously crafted as a haven from modernity, where all inhabitants are carefully selected and the very air is heavy with mood and atmosphere. Skeptical but enticed by curiosity and an overwhelming financial incentive, the narrator and his wife undertake a long, surreal journey eastward, passing through unfamiliar countries before finally breaching the imposing walls of the Dream Realm. Upon arrival in the city of Perle, they encounter a somber world of perpetual twilight, antiquated customs, and a population characterized by eccentricities—all under the distant yet omnipresent gaze of Patera himself. The opening thus sets the tone for a phantasmagorical exploration of isolation, memory, and the unnerving allure of utopias. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20090501142542kubin 1909 de Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. de Fantasy fiction Dreams -- Fiction Nightmares -- Fiction Imaginary places -- Fiction Austrian fiction -- 20th century PT Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: German Literature 508517 2025-07-30T06:10:30.043964 text/html 481892 2025-04-29T16:09:03 text/html 12373610 2025-07-30T06:10:40.564890 application/epub+zip 12375913 2025-07-30T06:10:32.904998 application/epub+zip 330127 2025-07-30T06:10:31.456982 application/epub+zip 12678078 2025-07-30T06:10:46.003922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12638363 2025-07-30T06:10:39.231930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446025 2025-07-30T06:10:28.474990 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 426237 2025-04-29T16:09:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17514 2025-07-30T06:10:46.160881 application/rdf+xml 14991 2025-07-30T06:10:31.674936 image/jpeg 2598 2025-07-30T06:10:31.562987 image/jpeg 29574580 2025-07-30T06:10:30.487944 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia