Rock Crystal
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
Rock Crystal
By (Author) Adalbert Stifter
Translated by Elizabeth Mayer
Translated by Marianne Moore
Pushkin Press
Pushkin Press
15th October 2012
15th October 2012
United Kingdom
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Physical Properties
Paperback
80
Width 120mm, Height 165mm
Description
This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in a frozen landscape is eloquent in its innocence. A Christmas story set in a terrifying and beautiful world of snow and ice, Rock Crystal is a classic of German literature, loved by children and adults alike.
Reviews
A tale of almost unendurable suspense * The New York Review of Books *
Author Bio
Adalbert Stifter (1805 - 1868) was an Austrian writer, painter and poet closely associated with the Biedermeier movement in European art. Following his studies at the University of Vienna, he was highly regarded as a tutor among aristocratic families. The success of his first story The Condor in 1840 inaugurated a steady writing career, culminating in Der Nachsommer, praised by Nietzsche as one of the two great novels of 19th century Germany. He was especially notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing, and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, influencing writers such as Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann and W.G. Sebald.
