Adalbert Stifter was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was especially notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing, and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while almost entirely unknown to English readers.
DESCRIPTIONS OF PLACESS ARE EXCELLENT. MOONLIT NIGHTS ARE MERATMOSPHERICLLY DRAWN IN BEAUTIFUL, LYEICAL PROSE, BUT THE PLOT IS TOO NEATLY TIED UP AND ORDINARY. THOS EXPLAINS WHY I SETTLED ON THREE STARS.
THE BOOK IS COMPOSED OF TWO PRTS- THE FIRST, SHORTER PART CIRLES AROUND A BALOON FLIGHT. THIS FEAT OF AVIATION IS CALLED THE CONDOR AND CONSTITUTES THE BOOK'S TITLE. THE SECOND PART IS ENTITLED WILD FLOWERS BUT IS REALLY AVOUT A LOVE AFFAIR AND HOW IT CAME TO BE. THIS SECTION IS EPISTOLARY. WE ARE UN THE HEAD OF THE LETTER WRITER. WE COME TO KNOW HIM VERY WEKK,