Portraits on a Crystal Rose, Erich von Neff's memoir of living with his larger-than-life grandfather, brings the streets of early San Francisco, Sausalito, and the Bay Area acutely alive with tender and fastidious detail.

Erich von Neff has written twenty novels, nine small press titles of poetry, more than two hundred short stories, and garnered twenty-six awards in France. This is his first full-length publication in the United States.