The Rider on the White Horse: And Selected Stories (New York Review Books Classics) - Softcover

Storm, Theodor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590173015 ISBN 13: 9781590173015

Publisher: NYRB Classics, 2009

Synopsis

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Review:

A German literary landmark and remains one of the great ghost stories, never to be forgotten and never losing its ability to terrorise. Not because it is obviously creepy, but because its slow, subtle, nuanced telling lingers through a balanced mix of logic and the inevitable. There are many elements contributing to its atmospheric magic, not least the chill landscape, the North Sea coastline ever at the mercy of the waves... Storm's melancholy fiction exerts the haunting power of German romanticism as well as an understanding of the choices made and decisions lamented. (Irish Times)

About the Author:

Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817-1888) was born in Husum, Germany. He practiced law for most of his life, but also wrote numerous short stories, poems, and novellas. His two best-known works are the novellas Immensee and The Rider on the White Horse (also known as The Dykemaster). James Wright (1927-1980) was a translator and Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYRB Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1590173015
• ISBN 13: 9781590173015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288