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Two children descend from the Alps after a visit with their grandparents only to take a wrong turn and find themselves lost on a glacier, with the snow falling and the night closing in.
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| Group Author: | ; |
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New York Review Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [1945] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
| Series: |
New York Review Books classics
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| Summary: |
Two children descend from the Alps after a visit with their grandparents only to take a wrong turn and find themselves lost on a glacier, with the snow falling and the night closing in. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent in its innocence, but is implicit with the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. This quasi-fairy tale speaks of village life in the high mountains, but is also a parable of belief and faith. "Rock Crystal" is a Christmas story and a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal. |
| Item Description: | Reprint of edition published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1945. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 76 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781590172858 159017285X |
| Index Number: | PT2525 |
| CLC: | I521.44 |
| Call Number: | I521.44/S855-1 |