Rock Crystal

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rock Crystal
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Adalbert Stifter
Translated by Elizabeth Mayer
Translated by Marianne Moore
SeriesPushkin Collection
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:80
Dimensions(mm): Height 165,Width 120
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781908968319
ClassificationsDewey:833.7
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pushkin Press
Imprint Pushkin Press
Publication Date 15 October 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.

Author Biography

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.

Reviews

A tale of almost unendurable suspense * The New York Review of Books *