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Elizabeth Mayer (1884-1970) was a German-born American translator and editor. In the 1940s her homes in Long Island and New York served as an artistic salon for many émigré writers.
 | Rock Crystal Stifter's rapturous and enigmatic tale of village life begins with a small anecdote—one Christmas eve, a brother and sister lose their way amid snowdrifts while crossing the Alps—and opens onto vast questions of faith and destiny. "[Stifter was] one of the most strangely gripping narrators in world literature."—Thomas Mann Holiday Sale: $9.71 (25% off) |