Rock Crystal

It's curious NYRB (New York Review Books) has put this out twice. They put Rock Crystal out as a novella alone. I guess once NYRB realized how great of a writer Stifter was they decided to release the whole short story collection it came from Motley Stones. One edition is translated by Marianne Moore, a poet I like, so if you're a fan of hers then it's worth investigating. This is about two children who visit their grandparents during winter but get lost in the snow on the way home. Soon there's a search party. It's a perfect book to read during December. There's something enchanting about it.