{"product_id":"hashish-9781939663313","title":"Hashish","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in German in 1902  Hashish is a collection of decadent  interwoven tales of Satanism  eroticism  sadism  cannibalism  necrophilia and death. Encountering the enigmatic dandy Count Vittorio Alta-Carrara in a Parisian eatery  the narrator finds himself invited to a Hashish Club  where in the dim light of red-filtered candles  a roomful of recumbent wanderers explores the abyss of the unconscious. The narrator and the count don a variety of identities as they in turn enter the narratives  sometimes participating in them  other times merely observing them from the vantage point of a shifting divan. Engaging in romantic liaisons with masks and cadavers  taking part in Satanic orgies and carnivals  plotting blasphemy and riding carriages through cityscapes where time loses its bearings  the protagonists draw the reader into their narrative and psychological unmooring. A forgotten yet important chapter in the lineage of German fantastic and decadent literature  this translation of Hashish is illustrated throughout with drawings by the authors brother-in-law  Alfred Kubin  from the books second  1913 German edition. Oscar A.H. Schmitz (18731931) lived the life of a literary dandy. Although best remembered in Germany for his second book  Hashish  and the decadent lineage it helped inaugurate in German letters  his output was wide-ranging  from Romantic verse to plays and travel books  to a series of popular nonfiction works on politics  yoga  astrology  etiquette and Jungian psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67922653478965,"sku":"ByrdShop_1939663318","price":246.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hashish-9781939663313","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}