I’m excited to learn that there will soon be more of Adalbert Stifter’s writing available in English: New York Review Books is publishing Motley Stones, a sequence of six novellas, translated by Isabel Fargo Cole. Publication date: May 4. Right now, the book is available to order at 30% off.
I've read Stifter's novel The Bachelors and the novella Rock Crystal (included in Motley Stones). It's not hyperbole to say that I’ve never read anything remotely like Adalbert Stifter’s writing.
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A passage from The Bachelors : A passage from Rock Crystal
[What would my reading life be without NYRB? Greatly diminished.]
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Hadn't thought about Stifter in years. My High School German teacher used to make us do translations of excerpts from his novels.
Oh my! He’s not well known in English, so I hope this book is a big deal.
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