Hoffmann Submitted by: Jane Kivik. Great book, Der Sandmann pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone. It's always fun to read E. Hoffmann books. Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. This man once attacked Nathanael, threatening to take his eyes, and later killed his father before disappearing. Nathanael has come upon a man, Coppola, at university, whom he believes to actually be that same evil man from his childhood. Upon telling Clara and Lothar of this, they attempt to convince him that it is a childish delusion, and continue to hope he will come to his senses while at home.

Nathanael feels haunted by the alleged murderer of his father. As the horrific memories of his past boil up in him, he falls for the beautiful Olympia. But he does not suspect that he's headed for a fall. Written by Anonymous. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.

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Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Der Sandmann. The Sandmann is the most disturbing and schizophrenic piece of classic literature there is - and I love it! A Hoffmann was way before his time.

Only after Sigmund Freud used this novel in his thesis years later to show the exemplary development of such a disease, it became a masterpiece of analysis. The story evolves around the protagon The Sandmann is the most disturbing and schizophrenic piece of classic literature there is - and I love it!

The story evolves around the protagonist Nathanael but is told from different perspectives, so that the distinction between ill thoughts, experience, memory and hallucinations is blurry from the very beginning. The story works a lot with eyes, as symbols for the entry to our soul and the feeling of being watched.

Due to their severe violation in the storyline they become a key point for a disease eating deep in his soul and setting off his hallucinations that people are not who they seem to be. He shows a great affliction to surveillance and machines, both attributes that are extremely common elements of schizophrenic hallucinations. Fire and heat symbolize the progression of his disease and might also stand for a high fever caused by a childhood disease, responsible for fever induced hallucinations.

View all 6 comments. Nov 23, Manybooks rated it really liked it Shelves: german-literature , book-reviews , horror , fairy-tales-fantasy , folklore-kunstmarchen. I read this rather no very creepy tale years ago, and while I truly enjoyed and above all appreciated E. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann , I also do not much feel like a detailed and intense rereading at this time, as the plot, the thematics actually repeatedly produced some rather vivid and glaring nightmares when I perused it, first for a German Romanticism course in undergrad and then later for my PhD Comprehensive Examinations I still recall that there were dancing mechnical maniacal dolls, I read this rather no very creepy tale years ago, and while I truly enjoyed and above all appreciated E.

Hoffmann's Der Sandmann , I also do not much feel like a detailed and intense rereading at this time, as the plot, the thematics actually repeatedly produced some rather vivid and glaring nightmares when I perused it, first for a German Romanticism course in undergrad and then later for my PhD Comprehensive Examinations I still recall that there were dancing mechnical maniacal dolls, and a sandman who was anything but benevolent and was forever watching me with strange eyes, monitoring me, and during my PhD Comprehensive preparation phase, even nastily admonishing me to read my massive and awe-inspiring reading list always and ever faster and faster, yikes, it still gives me the shivers.

A most definitely imaginative and wonderful, but also more than disturbing sojourn into E. And by the way, the "dancing doll" episode in Jacques Offenbach's famous opera, The Tales of Hoffmann , while brilliant and evocative in and of itself, is also at least from a creepiness and uncanniness point of view but a pale and tame reflection of Der Sandmann on which the episode is distinctly but still rather loosely based.

Brilliant book starting with a kid's fear of the sandman. Problem is the 'sandman' concept never truely disappears but comes again and again haunting Nathanael. Why is advocate Coppelius or the weather glass hawker Coppola associated with 'evil principle'? Is there something supernatural at work and did Coppelius really kill his father? Nathanael insults his soon-to-be wife Clara as 'lifeless automaton' as she gives a rational explanation on his fears. But what about Spalanzani's daughter Olimpi Brilliant book starting with a kid's fear of the sandman.

But what about Spalanzani's daughter Olimpia Nathanael falls in love with? Olimpia is an extremely eerie character. Her and Coppelius render this tale a gothic masterpiece. Reading through the chapters you'll constantly ask yourself: how is this story going to end. Is there a happy end for Nathanael?

Coppelius is one of the uncanniest and evil character you'll ever come across. He will remain with you as the 'Sandman'. Georgous book, absolutely recommended, a true classic! The work of a genius! Very creepy and enjoyable to read, but at the same time extremely intelligent and multilayered. I was looking forward to it. I had never read anything by E. Hoffmann before and had heard great things about him.

Personally, I couldn't connect with the story. I loved the dark and psychological images it drew. The game it played, with childhood fears and madness. It is a concept with so much potential. I think it is the way this story is written that compromises my passion and liking for it. The sentences are overly long.