Indian Summer Author:Adalbert Stifter, Wendell W. Frye (Translator) Der Nachsommer (Indian Summer: A Tale) is a 19th century Bildungsroman that describes the journey of an idealistic, sheltered young man from childhood to maturity. The book combines aspects of Biedermeier thought with elements of German humanism to create what is generally considered to be a great work ... more »of German bourgeois realism.« less