Arno Camenisch

Behind The Station: A Novel (Swiss Literature Series) Arno Camenisch

Marc Notes: Originally published in German as Hinter dem Bahnhof, by Engeler, 2010--Title page verso. Biographical Note: Arno Camenisch was born in 1978 in the Graub?nden region of Switzerland. He studied at the Swiss Literature Insitute in Biel, where he now lives. Camenisch has won multiple prizes for his poetry, prose and drama, which he writes in both German and Romansch. He is a member of the Spoken Word ensemble 'Bern ist ?berall'. Extracts of his prose texts have been translated into fifteen languagesPublisher Marketing: In the second book of Arno Camenisch's Alp trilogy, "Behind the Station," is told through the eyes of two young brothers growing up in a small, secluded village in a valley flanked by the alpine mountains. Written in the same style as "The Alp," we start to believe that there's little difference between the children and the adults in this village, save for their love for mischief and ghost stories. The grandmother, the parents, and the neighbors: it is an amphitheater full of drama, somehow colored through the eyes of children. Arno Camenisch's quiet control and powerful descriptions of village life prove that he is an international voice to follow.

Contributor Bio:  McLaughlin, Donal Donal McLaughlinspecializes in translating contemporary Swiss fiction. He has translated more than one hundred writers for the"New Swiss Writing"anthologies.