A masterful tale of love and loss set against the tectonic indifference of the Alps.
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz’s best-loved novel, translated into English
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.