The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch: A Grotesque Tale of Horror
, by Klima, Ladislav- ISBN: 9788086264332 | 8086264335
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/15/2008
This is Kliacute;ma's only full-length work of fiction, a novelistic summation of his philosophy. In a series of journal entries, the book chronicles the descent into madness of Prince Sternenhoch, the German Empire's foremost aristocrat and favorite of the Kaiser. Having become the lowliest worm at the hands of his deceased wife Helga, the Queen of Hells, he eventually attains an ultimate state of bliss and salvation. Kliacute;ma uses dark humor to explore the paradoxical nature of pure spirituality in scenes that are comically grotesque and often obscene. bull;includes his notorious essay My Autobiography bull; This is Kliacute;ma's first book to appear in English