The Silver Surfer is a real person.
Granite -LRB- original German title  : Granit -RRB- is a novella by Adalbert Stifter , included in his collection Colourful Stones , 1853 -LRB- original title  : Bunte Steine -RRB- .. Adalbert Stifter. Adalbert Stifter. Colourful Stones. Colourful stones ( Bunte Steine ). On a walk , the grandfather of the protagonist tells him the story of a family of resin extractors ' vain endeavour to escape and the rescue of two children .. It is the revised edition of the novella Die Pechbrenner , published in 1848 .