First published in 1951, this volume contains the complete text of Kalkstein, a story by Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter (1805-68).[...]

Adalbert Stifter's "Rock Crystal" is a Christmas story and a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal.The charm of this quasi-fairy tale is made even more poignant by the knowledge of the author's eventual suicide. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent[...]