The Alp by Arno Camenisch
The first novel in Arno Camenisch's celebrated "alpine" trilogy is set during a single summer. The four main (unnamed) characters are a dairyman, his farmhand, a cowherd, and a swineherd who all live and work in close proximity--but this is no "Heidi." Theirs is an existence marked by dangerous work, solitude, cruelty, alcoholism, and sheer stubbornness; but the author's handling of these situations and lives is characterized at all times by affection, surreal humor, and a brilliant ear for the sounds of the setting.
With The Alp, a loose sequence of scenes from everyday life on Alp Stavonas at the foot of Piz Sezner, Arno Camenisch has written perhaps the most unusual book of the seasonIt is certainly one of the freshest. -- Angelika Overath NZZ Camenisch writes unique and wonderful prose that finds its own rhythm and its own poetry. Die Berliner Literaturkritik The sound of the words and of the sentences is highly musical. Camenisch shows himself to be an accomplished rhythmist, a poet in his prose. B ndner Tagblatt
Donal McLaughlin specializes in translating contemporary Swiss fiction. He has translated more than one hundred writers for the "New Swiss Writing" anthologies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781628970104 |
| ISBN 10 | 1628970103 |
| Title | The Alp |
| Author | Arno Camenisch |
| Series | Swiss Literature Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Year published | 2014-08-07 |
| Number of pages | 100 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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