Great fear on the mountain / Charles Ferdinand Ramuz ; translated from the French by Bill Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramuz, C. F. (Charles Ferdinand), 1878-1947, author.

Contributor:

Johnston, Bill, 1960- translator.

Standardized Title:

Grande peur dans la montagne. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mountains--Switzerland--Fiction.

Mountains.

Small cities--Switzerland--Fiction.

Small cities.

Conflict of generations--Fiction.

Conflict of generations.

Disappearances (Parapsychology)--Fiction.

Disappearances (Parapsychology).

Spirits--Fiction.

Spirits.

Switzerland--Fiction.

Switzerland.

Genre:

Allegories.

Physical Description:

238 pages ; 16 cm

Edition:

First Archipelago books edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2024.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the French.

Summary:

Feed is running low in a rural village in Switzerland. The town council meets to decide whether or not to ascend a chimerical mountain in order to access the open pastures that have enough grass to "feed seventy animals all summer long." The elders of the town protest, warning of the dangers and the dreadful lore that enfolds the mountain passageways like thick fog. They've seen it all before, reckoning with the loss of animals and men who have tried to reach the pastures nearly twenty years ago. The younger men don't listen, making plans to set off on their journey despite all warnings. Strange things happen. Spirits wrestle with headstrong young men. As the terror of life on the mountain builds, Ramuz's writing captures the rural dialog and mindsets of the men.-- Publisher description

Other Format:

Online version Ramuz, C. F. Great fear on the mountain.

ISBN:

9781953861825

1953861822

OCLC:

1407025572

Publisher Number:

90102497423