Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Walpurgisnacht (Dedalus European Classics/Adriadne Translation Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER
Walpurgisnacht uses Prague as the setting for a clash between German officialdom immured in the ancient castle above the Moldau, and a Czech revolution seething in the city below. History, myth and political reality merge in an apocalyptic climax as the rebels, urged on by a drum covered in human skin, storm the castle to crown a poor violinist "Emperor of the World" in St. Vitus' Cathedral.