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The Alp
Arno Camenisch
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Description for The Alp
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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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781628970104
SKU
9781628970104
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About Arno Camenisch
Donal McLaughlin specializes in translating contemporary Swiss fiction. He has translated more than one hundred writers for the "New Swiss Writing" anthologies.
Reviews for The Alp
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 season. It 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 ... Read more
Angelika Overath NZZ Camenisch writes unique and wonderful prose that finds its own rhythm and its own poetry. Die Berliner ... Read more