The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons

Monica Cantieni

• Hardcover | Engels | Swiss List
• "My father bought me from the council for 365 francs," recalls the narrator in Monica Cantieni's novel The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons . She's a you... Lees meer

My Mother's Lover

Urs Widmer

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss List
• It's Switzerland in the 1920s when the two lovers first meet. She is young, beautiful, and rich. In contrast, he can barely support himself and is int... Lees meer

The Village Indian

Abbas Khider

• Hardcover | Engels
• Part Odyssey of the Persian Gulf and part 1001 Nights in Europe, this debut novel is drawn from the author's experiences as a political prisoner and y... Lees meer

Modern and Contemporary Swiss Poetry

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss Literature
• Featuring the work of some of the greatest poets of the twentieth century as well as their contemporary counterparts, this anthology is unique in brin... Lees meer

The Blue Soda Siphon

Urs Widmer

• Hardcover | Engels | Swiss List
• A magnificent example of Widmer's characteristic humor, literary genius, and unparalleled imagination. In the wildly entertaining novel The Blue Soda ... Lees meer

The Alp

Arno Camenisch

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss Literature
• The first novel in Arno Camenisch's celebrated "alpine" trilogy is set during a single summer. The four main (unnamed) characters are a dairyman, his ... Lees meer

MR Adamson

Urs Widmer

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss List
• The day is Friday, May 22, 2032. On this day, the day after his ninety-fourth birthday, a man is sitting in a beautiful garden. It is a paradise where... Lees meer

On Life, Death, and This and That of the Rest

Urs Widmer

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss List
• The Lectures on Poetics Series at the University of Frankfurt VI has hosted many illustrious speakers at its lectern, including Ingeborg Bachmann, The... Lees meer

The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons

Monica Cantieni

• Paperback | Engels | The Seagull Library of German Literature
• "My father bought me from the council for 365 francs," recalls the narrator in Monica Cantieni's novel The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons . She's a you... Lees meer

On Life, Death, and This and That of the Rest

Urs Widmer

• Hardcover | SB - The Swiss List
• Describes by the "Independent" as "one of the living greats of Swiss literature" - spoke to more than twelve hundred students and enthusiasts, sharing... Lees meer

In the Congo

Urs Widmer

• Paperback | Engels | The Seagull Library of German Literature
• Kuno, a male nurse in a Swiss retirement home, has a new inmate: his father. In the confines of their new home, the pair does something surprising--th... Lees meer

Behind the Station

Arno Camenisch

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss Literature
• In the second book of Arno Camenisch's Alp trilogy, "Behind the Station," is told through the eyes of two young brothers growing up in a small, seclud... Lees meer

My Father's Book

Urs Widmer

• Hardcover | SB - The Swiss List
• Since the age of twelve, Karl, the father, has observed the family tradition of recording his life in a single notebook, but when his book is lost soo... Lees meer

My Father's Book

Urs Widmer

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss List
• In this companion to Urs Widmer's novel My Mother's Lover , the narrator is again the son who pieces together the fragments of his parents' stories. S... Lees meer

Beheading the Virgin Mary, and Other Stories

Donal McLaughlin

• Paperback | Engels | Scottish Literature
• Liam O'Donnel, an Irish boy growing up in Scotland, is often the focus of Donal McLaughlin's hilarious and harrowing short stories, and in beheading t... Lees meer

Last Last Orders

Arno Camenisch

• Paperback | Engels | Swiss Literature
• Last Last Orders?is the third part of Arno Camenicsh's award-winning trilogy set in the Swiss Alps. It is the final evening in the Helvetia bar, and t... Lees meer

Modern and Contemporary Swiss Poetry

• Hardcover | Engels | Swiss Literature
• Featuring the work of some of the greatest poets of the twentieth century as well as their contemporary counterparts, this anthology is unique in brin... Lees meer