Baron Bagge

Alexander Lernet-Holenia

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Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer stationed in Eastern Europe during the First World War, receives orders to ride into a platoon of Russian machine guns. But instead of meeting certain death, he and his brigade pass, unscathed, into a strangely peaceful land where festivities are in full swing. There he meets Charlotte Szent-Kiraly, and finds himself falling in a strange, enchanted love – a love harrowed at its edges by the threat of the enemy, and the peculiar fragility of this country’s otherworldly peace. ‘Baron Bagge’ is both a perfect ghost story and a perfect love story – a tale to which the word ‘haunting’ can be applied in every possible permutation. This edition includes a new introduction, and an exchange between Lernet-Holenia and Stefan Zweig.

ISBN: 9780241615621 Category:

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‘A masterpiece’ Stefan Zweig
‘Compelling … intense … blending military narratives, paranormal experiences and erotic obsessions’ TLS

Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer during the First World War, receives orders from his unhinged commander to ride into Russian machine guns. But instead of meeting certain death, he and his brigade pass, unscathed, into a peaceful, otherworldly country where festivities are in full swing. There he finds himself entangled in a strange love, yet is harrowed by the threat of the enemy, and intimations from his fellow officers about the nature of his survival. A story of duty and desire, courage and stupidity, Baron Bagge is a waking dream of a novel.

Additional information

Weight 0.078 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 0.5 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

96

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

833.912 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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