Rock Crystal (Pushkin Collection)

Stifter, Adalbert (trans. Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore}

ISBN 10: 1908968311 / ISBN 13: 9781908968319

Published by Pushkin Press, London, 2012

About this Item

76 pp. Soft cover. As new, without annotations. Binding and spine as new; no bumps or markings. English text, translated from German.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1776457753119

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rock Crystal (Pushkin Collection)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908968311
• ISBN 13: 9781908968319
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 1W x 12H x 16.5D centimeters 1 centimeters width by 12 centimeters height by 16.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 90 grams

About this title

Synopsis

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.

Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.

About the Author

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 Stifter’s The Bachelors is also published by Pushkin Press.