Brigitta And Other Tales: Abdias; Brigitta; the Forest Path; Limestone (Penguin Classics S.) - Softcover

Stifter, Adalbert; Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140446303 ISBN 13: 9780140446302

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1994

Synopsis

Each of these four stories is set in a recognisable world depicted with a measured realism. But once the reader has learned to look beneath the calm, apparently seamless surface of the narrative, and in Stifter's words, 'to see with an eye of the heart', strange tensions are revealed.

About this title

Synopsis:

The heroine of "Brigitta" makes a corner of the Hungarian plains bloom. "Limestone" tells of a priest whose erotic encounter determines his behaviour. "Abdias" is the epic story of a Jew raised in the African desert. The hero of "The Forest Path" is a comic counterpart to Brigitta.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140446303
• ISBN 13: 9780140446302
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256