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A nineteenth century vision of the city as rich with symbolism and oppressive with atmosphere, prefiguring aspects of both W.G. Sebald and James Joyce. 'A haunting, and a haunted work. Congratulations to Dedalus for reviving it' Nick Lezard, "The Guardian

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Bruges-la-Morte, first published in 1892, is one of the great masterpieces of the Symbolist period and of city writing. Rodenbach does for Bruges what Dickens did for London and Meyrink and Kafka did for Prague: he captures their essence in print. The difference is that Rodenbach is writing about a city in decline, capturing its death throes. Hugues Viane, a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal locatio...