Grieshuus - The chronicle of a family

The first modern translation of one of Theodor Storm's finest stories. Grieshuus is a dense short narrative set against the historical canvas of the wars that swept northern Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, telling through dramatically shifting perspectives the story of the fall of a noble family whose seat is Grieshuus manor on the north German heath. Supreme in his gift for creating and sustaining atmosphere, Storm interweaves local legends and superstitions with regional chronicles of the period in which eyewitness accounts foretell terrible times' to come.

Prima traducere moderna a uneia dintre cele mai frumoase povesti ale lui Theodor Storm. Grieshuus este o scurta naratiune densa, pusa pe panza istorica a razboaielor care au strabatut nordul Europei in secolele al XVII-lea si al XVIII-lea, povestind prin perspective schimbatoare in mod dramatic povestea caderii unei familii nobile al carei sediu este conacul Grieshuus din landul nord-german.