by Adalbert Stifter · Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020146258
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«L’homme sans postérité» is the novel by Adalbert Stifter, published by Seuil in paperback (202 pages, in French).
Víctor, a young orphan, leaves the family that raised him to join a paternal uncle he does not know, secluded on a fortified island in an alpine lake. There he remains a prisoner for almost an entire summer. Between two beings separated by everything, tenderness and love eventually blossom: despite the irreparable, the relationship finds its reconciliation.
A coming-of-age novel set in the Austrian Alps, translated from German by Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt; originally published as «Der Hagestolz» (1845).
For fans of the bildungsroman, nineteenth-century Central European classics, and stories with alpine landscapes and psychological interest.
Adalbert Stifter was a Bohemian-Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing and has long been popular in the German-speaking world.
