The Alp African-American "There is in Machado’s prose

"There is in Machado’s prose a playfulness that teases the reader

Oliver Rohe's first novel is a word-crazed monologue in the mind of a man named Selber flying back to his war-torn native country for the first time in years

this is not just a book about mirror scenes

Also included is one of Koeppen’s last works: a short

and wide-ranging

The Alp African-American "There is in Machado’s proseThe first novel in Arno Camenisch's celebrated "alpine" trilogy unfolds over 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; yet Camenisch's handling of these lives is full of affection, surreal humor, and a brilliant ear for