Books by Adalbert Stifter
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review 1: Not a great book. It takes 30 pages to start going. Sure we're told the travelogue beginning is intended to paint the landscape the siblings later get lost in. I get it but it didn't interest me. The morning after sunrise really did impress and that's only possible because of the...
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review 1: Rock Crystal - an interesting book. Recommended to me by my son who is a rock climber and loves the mountains. After reading it I felt compelled to know a little more about the author, which a person can do by reading the introduction. A word of warning however; DO NOT READ THE...
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review 1: Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter as translated by Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore I must premise this review by saying that I do not generally “like” most German literary works. I often find them harshly worded, opinionated and rather “cold to the touch.” But I also feel qual...