Contemporary fiction books from Switzerland
Recommended contemporary fiction books (5)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Switzerland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
1.
Agnes by Peter Stamm EN
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Peter Stamm's best-selling debut novel, Agnes, now available for the first time in the United States. "Write a story about me," Agnes said to her lover, "so I know what you think of me." So he started to write the story of everything that had happened to them from the moment they met. At first, he works with Agnes to create a narrative that is most true to life, but as time passes and he grows more enamored with the narrative he has begun, he continues writing on his own, imagining a future for them after he reaches the present. Happy couples do not necessarily make for compelling reading, and... continue
4.
Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy EN
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
The story of a fourteen-year-old girl living in a boarding school in postwar Switzerland.
5.
Zündels Abgang by Markus Werner DE
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Een dertiger breekt bij het aanbreken van de grote vakantie uit zijn burgerlijk bestaan los.