tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post8489731957278008518..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Rock Crystal (Adalbert Stifter)Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-68487857676060173642011-11-29T22:42:46.083+08:002011-11-29T22:42:46.083+08:00*, now I'm really intrigued by "The India...<b>*</b>, now I'm really intrigued by "The Indian Summer". I looked up some reviews, and they were mixed. But they made the book seem very attractive.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-33604853323902705002011-11-28T18:10:09.357+08:002011-11-28T18:10:09.357+08:00i am reading nachsommer just now. can confirm the ...i am reading nachsommer just now. can confirm the luminosity of the style and now i can see why nietzsche said it belongs to those 5 german books that deserve to be read by posterity...*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680450955867041830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-26520315757402144112011-11-21T14:55:02.555+08:002011-11-21T14:55:02.555+08:00Interesting, Tom. I can barely imagine what kind o...Interesting, <b>Tom</b>. I can barely imagine what kind of figure Stifter will be elevated to. <br /><br />Note to self: must read more Stifter, more Bernhard, and Innerhofer.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-85982583451012856032011-11-21T03:55:33.509+08:002011-11-21T03:55:33.509+08:00Many of Bernhard's problems with Stifter are n...Many of Bernhard's problems with Stifter are not with his writing but with "Stifter," the cultural figure, with his adoption as some sort of representative of the despised Austrian bourgeois culture.<br /><br />Reading Stifter through Sebald is useful in pulling out the uncanny Stifter, the not-so-innocent or comforting Stifter.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-74552227229423993352011-11-20T19:29:36.438+08:002011-11-20T19:29:36.438+08:00Caroline, I also would want to read a long novel b...<b>Caroline</b>, I also would want to read a long novel by Stifter. To see how he sustained it. And then some Thomas Bernhards to contrast it with. :p<br /><br /><b>Anthony</b>, great review of 'Old Masters'. It's a book I'd like to get a hold of. I'm always a willing listener to Bernhard's tirades. Like Caroline and Scott, I'm also intrigued by this Stifter-bashing inRisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-55325268775100740282011-11-20T03:34:36.830+08:002011-11-20T03:34:36.830+08:00I must get around to this one, on my shelves somew...I must get around to this one, on my shelves somewhere, but I am particularly curious having just read Thomas Bernhard's <em>Old Masters</em>, where poor old Stifter is verbally lacerated by Bernhard's protagonist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-65422597957520199972011-11-19T23:35:01.171+08:002011-11-19T23:35:01.171+08:00I always meant to read his Nachsommer but it's...I always meant to read his Nachsommer but it's on the chunky side. <br />Yes, from what I've read so far, Rock Crystal is typical Stifter. His writing is like the crystal of the story's title. Luminous indeed. I'd have to exlpore the problems Bernhard and Innerhofer had with him. I think he is a master storyteller. <br />This is certainly one of those stories I'd like to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-9884944049272204682011-11-19T15:22:43.773+08:002011-11-19T15:22:43.773+08:00Scott, I was also taken by Scharl’s ‘pointillist’ ...<b>Scott</b>, I was also taken by Scharl’s ‘pointillist’ illustrations. I wonder why the reissues scrapped them. <br /><br />Stifter’s style appeals very much to me. At the back of my mind, there’s Max Sebald appropriating Stifter’s luminous prose in his own fiction. Bernhard responding strongly against Stifter tells a lot about Bernhard too, how their subject matters are obviously at variance Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-42739287678617077942011-11-19T10:50:13.200+08:002011-11-19T10:50:13.200+08:00No matter how feverishly I read G-Lit, there's...No matter how feverishly I read G-Lit, there's always someone out there that I haven't got around to yet - and Stifter is definitely one of those (sigh...).<br /><br />Looks like I should try to amend that soon though, judging by your review :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-7574060479365122792011-11-19T04:48:32.373+08:002011-11-19T04:48:32.373+08:00I read "Rock Crystal" last year and thou...I read "Rock Crystal" last year and thought it such an iconic story that I immediately rushed out and got my own copy (the Marianne Moore/Elizabeth Mayer version with the weirdly mesmerizing Scharl illustrations). But shortly afterwards I read Thomas Bernhard's "Correction," which alludes to Stifter unflatteringly (as does Franz Innerhofer's "Beautiful Days" seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.com