The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr E. T. A. Hoffmann
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Hoffmann's spliced novel The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr (1819–1821) subverts Romantic idealism while celebrating artistic genius. Hoffman – The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr. File:HoffmannLebensAnsichten1855Bd2.png. Eliot – Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats; E.T.A. However, at the publishers his work is muddled up with the life story of Johannes Kreisler, a court composer. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed and spliced with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. Kreisler, protagonist in three of Hoffmann's works, was a brilliant but unstable musician and it's not exactly difficult to understand why he resonated with Schumann. Tomcat Murr is a loveable, self-taught animal who has written his own autobiography. The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr, by E.T.A. Schumann's Kreisleriana is believed to be influenced by Hoffmann's journalism under the guise of Kreisler as well as his novel Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr. Bulgakov – The Master and Margarita; Haruki Murakami – Kafka on the Shore; Tea O'Brecht – The Tiger's Wife; T.S. Do not miss this masterpiece of experimental fiction (publ.