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Mysterium tremendum
Author: Sebastian Rainer
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Mysterium tremendum connects guilt after an accident with a young artist’s work. A 1970s Beskydy village frames a story where psychological consequences and obsession become increasingly disturbing.
Mysterium tremendum is a dark, mysterious, existential novel set in the Beskydy Mountains in the 1970s. A young artist causes a car accident that affects villagers and his own psyche. Artistic work, guilt, and obsession gradually intertwine in an unsettling story.
Book information
- Author
- Sebastian Rainer
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Panteon
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- mysteriózny thriller, psychologický thriller, existenciálna próza
- ISBN
- 978-80-876-9733-7
- Publication date
- 1. January 2015
- Pages
- 260
- E-book formats
- PDF (ISBN 978-80-876-9740-5)
What is Mysterium tremendum about?
A car accident fundamentally changes a young artist’s life. The tragedy affects those around him and gradually disrupts his inner world. Titian’s painting Apollo and Marsyas becomes a significant motif linked to growing artistic obsession. The novel moves between thriller, mystery, and an existential story of someone tested by guilt, trauma, and his own work. The publisher compares its atmosphere with David Lynch, Stephen King, Ladislav Klíma, and Gustav Meyrink; these comparisons are the publisher’s marketing and interpretive framework.
Themes and motifs
Guilt and trauma
The accident devastates villagers’ lives and the artist’s psyche.
Artistic obsession
Creativity and fascination with art become forces controlling the protagonist.
Mysterium tremendum
The story explores mystery, dread, and fascination associated with its title.
Psychological disintegration
It follows a person under the pressure of trauma and obsession.
Art and the body
Titian’s Apollo and Marsyas connects artistic inspiration with dark bodily imagery.
Setting
The Beskydy Mountains in the 1970s, especially a rural community and a young artist’s world.
Who is this book for?
For readers of mysterious thrillers and dark psychological or existential fiction.
Book context
The publisher presents it as a Czech mysterious and existential novel, accompanied by a biographical narrative about Sebastian Rainer and a manuscript allegedly found among his effects. Available reliable independent sources did not confirm these extraordinary claims, so this profile does not present them as verified facts.
Otázky o knihe
What is Mysterium tremendum about?
A young artist in the 1970s Beskydy Mountains whose car accident gradually changes his psyche and relationship with his work.
Who is the author according to SOURCE_FACT?
Sebastian Rainer.
Where is it set?
The Beskydy Mountains in the 1970s.
What role does art play?
Artistic creation and obsession with Titian’s Apollo and Marsyas are significant motifs.
What genre is it?
The supplier classifies it as a thriller; the publisher emphasizes mysterious and existential elements.
Are the biographical claims about Rainer independently verified?
SOURCE_FACT contains a striking account of the author and manuscript, but the profile’s preparation did not obtain a sufficiently reliable independent source to confirm it.
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