A mountain falls down and an alpine village is frozen in its summer state. When a ghostly figure appears beyond the last house, the villagers are terrorised. Is it a soul trapped in limbo, come to make his baleful complaint? Only one of them recognises him as a survivor, her husband in flesh and blood. The village rejoices, but when the survivor declares his intention to return beneath the rubble, the old doubts resurface. Swiss writer Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz sets his masterful tale of love and loss against the tectonic indifference of the high Alps.
Über den Autor Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
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Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947), geboren und aufgewachsen in Lausanne. Studium in Lausanne und Paris, wo er 1905 anstelle einer Dissertation den Roman 'Aline' vorlegte. Seine Bücher wurden mehrfach verfilmt. 1936 erhielt er den Grossen Preis der Schweizeri-schen Schillerstiftung. Im Limmat Verlag sind seine Romane 'Farinet oder das falsche Geld', 'Aline' und 'Derborence' lieferbar.
