A strange and compelling tale of love and a fantastical crystal world, by the great classic author
'Her voice can be intimate, unpretentious, gentle, sympathetic, and disarmingly honest' New York Times
While working in a small geological museum, Alexis Hartz meets his cousin Laura, who has discovered a way to enter a geode. Travelling through a vast and glittering landscape of brilliant crystals, Alexis falls passionately in love with Laura.
But when they return to the ordinary world, only friendship remains. He yearns for the perfect world of the crystals, and returning there becomes a perilous obsession. But is the crystal world as real as it seems, or is his mind succumbing to its dark powers? First written in 1864, this little known work by George Sand is a fantastical novel in the truest sense of the word.
- ISBN10 1782274146
- ISBN13 9781782274148
- Publish Date 1 March 2018 (first published 27 February 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 November 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pushkin Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 128
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781782274148