Rock Crystal Jenny Erpenbeck From the peaks of triumph

From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery

and dogs from all around the world

Sarah Kendzior's Hiding in Plain Sight pulls back the veil on a history spanning decades

The two pieces are crafted to glide smoothly from bowl to plate

After her disastrous coronation

Rock Crystal Jenny Erpenbeck From the peaks of triumphSeemingly the simplest of stories a passing anecdote of village life Rock Crystal opens up into a tale of almost unendurable suspense. This jewel like novella by the writer that Thomas Mann praised as one of the most extraordinary, the most enigmatic, the most secretly daring and the most strangely gripping narrators in world literature is among the most unusual, moving, and memorable of Christmas stories. Two children Conrad and his little sister,