Schlafes Bruder Schlafes Bruder Schlafes Bruder is a novel by the Austrian Robert Schneider. The book was first published in German in 1992. It was an international success and was adapted to a film and an opera, among others. The plot is set in an Austrian mountain village in the 19th century. The protagonists (Elias, Peter and Elsbeth) face hardship and fate that they cannot understand nor prevent. The title is derived from Greek mythology, where Hypnos, god of sleep, is the brother of Thanatos, god of death. A chorale which Bach set to conclude his cantata "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne
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