"Colorful Stones: A Holiday Gift" is an exciting novel by the German writer Adalbert Stifter. The author weaved a story about the life of young heroes in a small town in Saxony, unfolding before the reader picturesque pictures of nature and complex inner thoughts of the characters. Through difficult trials, love and searching for their place in life, the heroes try to find themselves and their vocation. This book is a vivid example of German literature of the 19th century, capable of mesmerizing and impressing every reader with its depth and poetics.