Nathan, Robert [Gruntal]
Nathan, Robert [Gruntal]( 1894–1985),born in New York, was educated in the U.S. and abroad and was the author of many short novels, noted for their delicate prose and satirical fantasy. These include Peter Kindred (1919), the story of a boy's experiences in preparatory school and at Harvard; Autumn (1921), a pastoral tale whose chief figure is a Vermont schoolmaster and philosopher; The Puppet Master (1923), a fantasy concerned with the puppet maker Papa Jonas and his animated dolls; Jonah (1925, published in England as Son of Amittai), a witty reconstruction of the Biblical story; The Fiddler in Barley (1926), the story of a country musician; The Woodcutter's House (1927), a sentimental fable of a mountain girl; The Bishop's Wife (1928), about an angel who poses as an archdeacon and falls in love with the bishop's wife; There Is Another Heaven (1929), the story of a converted...
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