About this title: This new translation of "Dream Story" will allow a fresh generation of readers to enjoy this beautiful, heartless and baffling novella. "Dream Story" tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife were driven apart into rival world's of erotic revenge.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Green Integer Books
Date Published: 2003-10-01
ISBN-13:9781931243483ISBN:1931243484
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781931243483. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780141182247ISBN:0141182245
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 128 pages. (128 pages) a translation of "dream story" that tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife were driven apart into rival world's of erotic revenge. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Sun & Moon Press, Los Angeles, CA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781557130815ISBN:1557130817
Description: 1557130817. NV, very small chip to top front cover. An unread copy; Translation by Otto Schinnerer of Traumnovelle. The new movie Eyes Wide Shut directed by Stanley Kubrick is based on this story; 2nd Sun & Moon Ptg; Wrappers; 8vo; No DJ. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Sun & Moon Press, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781557130815ISBN:1557130817
Description: Fine. FINE stated 1st edition thus (& 1st printing) in color pictorial wrappers. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781931243483ISBN:1931243484
Description: New. Amidst a short spat between a married couple, the husband, a doctor, is summoned to the bedside of a dying man. So begins a series of involvements throughout the night in increasingly dangerous and deviant sexual adventures for Fridolin, who taken by... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780141182247ISBN:0141182245
Description: New. A translation of "Dream Story" that tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife were driven apart into rival world's of erotic revenge. read more
"I couldn't decide if I liked this book or not... But part of my dislike could've been due to the fact that I was plagued by visions of Tom Cruise as I tried to read it (despite the fact that I've only seen snippets of "Eyes Wide Shut"). I was semi-inspired to read this book after I read "Zeno", thinking that perhaps it would be fun to read something of the same era and set in Vienna... but there was something so cold and clinical about this book that I couldn't really enjoy it. The hero of the book is so utterly unlikeable -- arrogant, needy, and defensive. Much like Tom Cruise, I would imagine."
"Like everyone else, I imagine I felt driven to acquire and read this book in the name of the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick movie. To hear such a genius refer so highly to a single work instills a deep desire to see for yourself. After finally landing a copy (without tossing too much from the old wallet), I completed the book in a near single sitting. Schnitzler's novella mesmerizes. He deftly tapped into the hidden desires and uncontrollable urges, thoughts and desires of us all. To want what we do not have; and when (or if) we seek that which is at most times forbidden - we find ourselves in an often worse position - showing us the damaging course our libidos and dark halves will send us upon. I found myself often times reading with a nervous, yet libidinously charged smile - feeling both the exhillaration and the utmost despair and hatred. The story of Fridolin is the experience which we all are capable of. It is indeed Rhapsody..."
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