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Rock Crystal
Adalbert Stifter
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Description for Rock Crystal
Paperback. 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. Translator(s): Mayer, Elizabeth; Moore, Marianne. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
Adalbert Stifter's Rock Crystal is a Christmas story and a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal. The charm of this quasi-fairy tale is made even more poignant by the knowledge of the author's eventual suicide. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent in its innocence, but is implicit with an unremitting consciousness of the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. This is a wintry story of village life in the high mountains, but also a parable of belief and faith. The Rock Crystal of ... Read more
Adalbert Stifter's Rock Crystal is a Christmas story and a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal. The charm of this quasi-fairy tale is made even more poignant by the knowledge of the author's eventual suicide. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent in its innocence, but is implicit with an unremitting consciousness of the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. This is a wintry story of village life in the high mountains, but also a parable of belief and faith. The Rock Crystal of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908968319
SKU
V9781908968319
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About Adalbert Stifter
Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868) was an Austrian writer, painter and tutor to the Viennese aristocracy. Informally part of the so-called Biedermeier movement in German-language literature, he has been celebrated by both German and English writers, including Rilke, von Hofmannsthal, Mann, Hesse, Auden and Sebald, and is particularly famed for his vivid descriptions of natural landscapes in his literary work. Adalbert ... Read more
Reviews for Rock Crystal
A tale of almost unendurable suspense
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books