Primitive beliefs, a world of dreams, mental disorders, and magic—these themes inspired Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862–1938) to create the occult novel “Fire-Flower.”
The work is a collection of novellas united by the figure of Count Gichovsky—a adventurer and a mystic. Here the legend of the fern flower that grants immortality and wealth comes to life, as does the story of a dead lover-suicide who haunts a Moscow banker even after death.
An exciting plot interweaves with the atmosphere of East European legends, alchemy, Masonic secrets, and spiritualism.