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By
W. H. Auden (introduced by),
Elizabeth Mayer (trans),
Marianne Moore (trans) and
Adalbert Stifter
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Publication date
September 16, 2008
Pages
76
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781590172858
ISBN-10
159017285X
Dimensions
0.25 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.12 lbs.
Original list price
$12.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Seemingly the simplest of storiesâa passing anecdote of village lifeâ Rock Crystal opens up into a tale of almost unendurable suspense. This jewel-like novella by the writer that Thomas Mann praised as "one of the most extraordinary, the most enigmatic, the most secretly daring and the most strangely gripping narrators in world literature" is among the most unusual, moving, and memorable of Christmas stories. Two childrenâConrad and his little sister, Sannaâset out from their village high up in the Alps to visit their grandparents in the neighboring valley. It is the day before Christmas but the weather is mild, though of course night falls early in December and the children are warned not to linger. The grandparents welcome the children with presents and pack them off with kisses. Then snow begins to fall, ever more thickly and steadily. Undaunted, the children press on, only to take a wrong turn. The snow rises higher and higher, time passes: it is deep night when the sky clears and Conrad and Sanna discover themselves out on a glacier, terrifying and beautiful, the heart of the void. Adalbert Stifter's rapt and enigmatic tale, beautifully translated by Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore, explores what can be found between Christmas Eve and Christmas Dayâor on any night of the year.
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With W. H. Auden (other contributor) |
from New York Review of Books (September 16, 2008)
9781590172858 | details & prices | 76 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.12 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Seemingly the simplest of storiesâa passing anecdote of village lifeâ Rock Crystal opens up into a tale of almost unendurable suspense.
About: Seemingly the simplest of storiesâa passing anecdote of village lifeâ Rock Crystal opens up into a tale of almost unendurable suspense.
from Turtle Point Pr (October 1, 1999)
9781885586117 | details & prices | List price $12.95
About: Seemingly the simplest of storiesâa passing anecdote of village lifeâ Rock Crystal opens up into a tale of almost unendurable suspense.
About: Seemingly the simplest of storiesâa passing anecdote of village lifeâ Rock Crystal opens up into a tale of almost unendurable suspense.
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