by Leo Perutz · Editions Phébus · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782859405977
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«Le cavalier suédois» is the historical and fantastical novel by Leo Perutz, published by Editions Phébus in paperback (274 pages, in French).
In early eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, between Prussia and Poland, a deserting officer and a highwayman swap identities to escape the gallows. The novel follows the usurper in his chance-driven quest for happiness, in a tale of impersonation, fate and fantastical elements.
The novel was originally published in 1936 as «Der schwedische Reiter». This French edition, translated by Martine Keyser, belongs to the Libretto collection no. 32.
For readers of historical and fantastical fiction who appreciate twentieth-century Central European literature and plots of identity and fate.
Leopold Perutz was an Austrian novelist and mathematician. Born in Prague, he lived in Vienna until the Nazi Anschluss in 1938, when he emigrated to Palestine.
