Avigur-Rotem is also a two-time recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Prize (1992 and 2001)
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
"There is in Machado’s prose a playfulness that teases the reader
Also included is one of Koeppen’s last works: a short
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The Alp African-American Avigur-Rotem is also a two-timeThe 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