Ramuz, several times named as a candidate for the Nobel Prize, died before achieving a distinction commensurate to his work. Deeply marked by his homeland, the Swiss Alps, he endowed overwhelming Nature with mythical qualities and a will of its own. TERROR ON THE MOUNTAIN is widely regarded as Ramuz’s masterpiece. It is here translated into English for the first time. An alpine village community owns pastureland in the high mountains, beneath a glacier. A scarifying experience in the past has kept the villagers from ever using it again. But now a new, enlightened generation decides not to forgo profit because of superstitious fear. The tabooed spot is invaded. Ever detail in the ensuing chronicle of disaster is real and credible, causes and effects are entirely natural. But in their merciless accumulation they seem to manifest a purposeful evil power that unhinges the minds of its victims. A highly visual artist, Ramuz exercises a hypnotic fascination. He makes the reader an eyewitness in his unfolding of implacable tragedy, raising the level of suspense step by compelling step.

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