Product description This is one of Stifter's great epic works, a most sensitive account of the formative years in the life of Heinrich, a student of natural sciences, born into a bourgeois environment, but influenced and gently guided by a nobleman, the old Baron von Risach. It is in fact the baron's own reminiscences which give the book its title. Comparable in some ways to Gottfried Keller's Der grüne Heinrich this novel, nevertheless, reflects Stifter's own moral values, his ethical thinking and his deep reverence for nature. Review «This accurate and graceful new American translation of his masterpiece »Der Nachsommer« will acquaint many readers with a »Bildungsroman« of enduring significance.» (Harry Zohn, Brandeis University) «Frye has all the credentials for this major untertaking. His translation flows verly pleasantly, conveying extremely well the measured pace of Stifter's style and the immediacy and intimacy of his descriptions. He gives an accurate, pleasing... translation of an important, though neglected work.» (Choice) Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German About the Author The Translator: Wendell Frye was born in 1940. He received his BA degree from Clark University, his M.A. from Middlebury College, and his Ph.D. from Indiana University. His field of specialization is German, and he is a Professor of German at Hartwick College.