Thomas Mann described Adalbert Stifter as:

“One of the most peculiar, enigmatic, secretly audacious and strangely gripping storytellers in world literature.”

Stifter also painted, as here with 'Moonrise' (1855).

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"Si sopravvive a tanti inferni
e non a un solo paradiso."
G.Fontana

(🎨 by 1855)

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