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C. F. Ramuz

Fiction

Winter 2011

Pastoral

By C. F. Ramuz, translated by Michelle Bailat-Jones

“You know? We could make a fire sometime …” “I have nothing. You have what we need?” “Of course.” He pulls an oval brass matchbox with a spring lid from […]

Fiction

Summer 1995

An Old Farmer

By C. F. Ramuz, translated by James Frank

From the French.      I’m like an old farmer sitting in his kitchen. They’re bringing in the harvest. He sits in his kitchen in a red velvet armchair trimmed with […]