The Fiery Angel is one of the great achievements of modern Russian literature, as powerful and revolutionary as its contemporary, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. In a vividly atmospheric recreation of the occult underworld of sixteenth century Germany, during the age of the Inquisition, three souls meet; an innocent young man choosing between Love and Duty, a woman prone to visions and a Knight, who is either an angel or a demon. Religious experience and sexual hysteria meet in an apocalyptic vision of the spiritual crisis of modern life. The Fiery Angel is one of the great novels of decadent occultism.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dedalus
Published: 03/05/2005
ISBN: 9781903517338
Pages: 411
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.06w x 1.27d

Review Citations: Library Journal 02/15/2005 pg. 172