"The book spoke to me as a dream speaks, only much more clearly and distinctly. And it touched my heart like a question." Just as the heart and mind of the narrator, Athanasius Pernath, was magically touched by the book Ibbur, which was thrust into his hands by an unknown stranger, a mystical helper - the Golem - so Meyrink's world-famous novel has disturbed and captivated generations of readers with its fantastical magic. One of them is Jaroslav Róna, who has created a set of illustrations for the new edition of this legendary book.
"Meyrink's The Golem is an iconic work for me, which had a major influence on my perception of Prague at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and especially of the vanished Jewish quarter. The mysterious story of the cameo engraver Pernath and his encounter with the Golem, steeped in an atmosphere of Kabbalistic mystery, appealed to me immensely. It was a dream come true to be able to illustrate the book after the brilliant Hugo Steiner." - Jaroslav Róna
Czech edition