The High Meadows by Toni Halter.The High Meadows. Stricken with asthma, Marco Curdin travels from Zurich to the Southeastern region of the Swiss canton of Grisons, a Romansch speaking area near Italy. On the mountain farm, his dreams of becoming a train engineer gradually change. An interesting view of a European culture which remains traditional. Publisher: London: Oxford University Press, 1980 1st printing UK ("Caumsura" 1967); translated from the Romansh by Anna Lee-Samos; blue paper boards, in dust jacket with boy and man against mountain landscape; 8vo; 215 pp. Illustrator: /Charles Front, jacket, The book is in very good condition complete with dust jacket. Start price equals reserve.