The young man from Savoy
By: C.F. Ramuz ; translated from the French by Blake Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, Blake.
Publisher: Host Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780924047572; 9780924047589
Work titles: Garçon savoyard.
Description: "The Young Man from Savoy is the story of Joseph Jacquet, "a young man unlike others." The existence of this village boy, hired out as a hand on a schooner, seems fated to unravel from the moment he glimpses the mesmerizing Miss Anabella, a high-wire artiste with a traveling circus. She becomes the object of Joseph's fantasizing obsession, and a catalyst for the bizarre and brutal acts that ensue." "Set at the beginning of the twentieth century in a French mountainside village overlooking Lake Geneva, this tale of all-consuming love plays out against a backdrop that is at once idyllic and askew. Vividly imagined and masterfully wrought, The Young Man from Savoy is a meditative page-turner, a novel whose spare, mutedly lyrical prose stands in contrast to the dramatic tale it recounts. In this remarkable work, acclaimed French Swiss writer C-F Ramuz has left us a lasting legacy, a work of laconic and unsettling power."--BOOK JACKET.