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Switzerland’s diverse literature

As a country with four national languages, Switzerland is home to a diverse array of literature. For a good number of years, the “Swiss Review” has been showcasing the outstanding, stunning, unique works of Swiss authors both famous and forgotten. Literary scholar Charles Linsmayer covers this wide spectrum of excellence in his regular column. Our team of literary reviewers complements his articles with notes on recent publications.

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Michel Layaz | Chevrolet: The man behind the wheel

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Alexandre Lecoultre | A tale of two languages

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“Robert de Traz created the myth of the Swiss Abroad”

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Suzanne Deriex | A moving childhood story and an impressive body of work

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Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello | Growing older means redefining yourself

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Mariella Mehr | Rejecting the violence she suffered

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Nicole Herzog-Verrey | Declaration of love for the threatened Alpine glaciers

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Zep asks Titeuf to save the planet

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Rudolf Kuhn | A mushroom cloud above Linth plain

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Poetic tributes to the lonely deceased

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Lore Berger | “The depths of despair”

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Plinio Martini | The tale of a valley

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Jakob Vetschs | A utopian one hundred years ahead of his time

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Anne-Lise Grobéty | She wrote with all her senses

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Charles Ferdinand Ramuz / Quentin Pauchard | “La grande peur dans la montagne”

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Franco Supino | Lost in Naples

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Catherine Colomb | An enchanting flood of words and images

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Carolin Amlinger, Oliver Nachtwey | An egocentric freedom

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Franz Hohler | Railway station novels

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Kim de l’Horizon | A shape-shifting narrative

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Giovanni Bonalumi | When Ilaria saved Emilio from a life of celibacy

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Elisa Shua Dusapin | Elusive fulfilment

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Jenö Marton | He just wanted to be as Swiss as everyone else

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Rebecca Gisler | Keeping house with uncle

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Walter Ackermann | The “Flight with Elisabeth” was in reality a flight toward death

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Martin R. Dean | Starting again

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Ágota Kristóf | “French is killing my mother tongue”

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Ursula Hasler | What really happened

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Charles Linsmayer | Giving Swiss literature a chance

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Simone Weinmann | Life without electricity

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