Pascale Kramer's "Les vivants" received excellent reviews in the French and Francophone press and won the Prix Lipp, Switzerland's most prestigious literary prize. Kramer is the Swiss author of several other books in French, including "Manu" and "Onze ans plus tard," Tamsin Black has translated many books, including Marie NDiaye's "Rosie Carpe," available in a Bison Books edition.