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Die Schlittenfabelwelt
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Kulturmuseum St.Gallen
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Biblioteca populara Savognin
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Mitteilung 2024-07-12 [«Topshelf Night» Schloss Lenzburg]: Eine Sommernacht zwischen Lichtern und Stars, die ganz der Literatur und dem Lesen gehört! Und Bookstagram! Und BookTok!
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Mitteilung 2024-06-26 [Bachmann-Preis]: Statt Fussball 3 Tage lang Literatur gucken: Heute starten die diesjährigen «Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur».
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Mitteilung 2024-06-24 [Pro Litteris Preis 24 – Sasha Filipenko & Maud Mabillard]: ProLitteris verleiht zwei Preise in der Sparte Literatur an Sasha Filipenko und Maud Mabillard.
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Mitteilung 2024-06-21 [Literaturfestival Zürich]: Nicht verpassen: Vom 8.-14.7.24 steigt wieder das Literaturfestival Zürich.
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Mitteilung 2024-06-17 [Stiftung Lydia Eymann Literaturstipendium]: Bis 30.6.24 bewerben fürs Stipendium der Lydia Eymann Stiftung.
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Mitteilung 2024-06-11 [Markus Bundi «Wilde Tiere»]: Beat Mazenauer bespricht «Wilde Tiere» von Markus Bundi für Viceversaliteratur.ch.
Reading tip
Urs Allemann, In sepps welt: There is no english translation of this title. to read the german version of the reading tip.
Reading tip
Zora del Buono, Hinter Büschen, an eine Hauswand gelehnt: Vita ist being questioned by the police. What does she know about Zev? the police are looking for him. Swiss author Zora del Buono tells the story of a middle-aged college professor and her love affair with a student against the backdrop of the Snowden revelations in this short, exciting novel. In this tightly constructed novella, del Buono ensures that the reader is gripped throughout by interweaving the developping story of Vita's summer at the college with her journey after she has been forced to leave the United States. The main story, told from Vita's perspective, is interrupted by press cuttings from the summer of 2013. We see the NSA scandal unravel as Zev's youthful idealism collides with Vita's more distant attitude. The increasing paranoia of being observed by American intelligence agencies is tangible. Del Buono tells her story in short, vivid epidsodes, and her narrator is an astute observer of college life and those around her. She is also unflinching and unapologetic in her account of what it is like to be middle-aged woman with a younger lover. «Behind Bushes, Leaning Against the Wall» is a refreshing antdote to love stories and crime thrillers alike. (Recommended by New Books in German, 40/2016)
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Marie-Jeanne Urech, Le syndrome de la tête qui tombe: Down in the basement, the faceless workers sit and perform dull tasks. People have become mute cogs in a machine, all of which answer to the name «Blanchard». Only their title indicates their level in the hierarchy. Over them reigns «our most brilliant and pantheonic exalted highness.... beloved Mr Blanchard». One of these basement inhabitants is Arthur Bellange, who spends all day every day plotting rising diagonal lines. The sharper the rise, the greater the company's success. Unlike his colleagues, Bellange retains a spark of self-will, remembering his real name and taking the day off on Sundays. Such individuals are not punished. The company is no dictatorship, it simply deals in the daily grind. «Le Syndrome de la tête qui tombe» depicts an absurd, superficial world in which Kafka meets Orwell – all for the success of the company. It is hard to imagine a more wickedly comical portrayal of the trading business. Marie-Jeanne Urech has created a wonderfully irreverent parable which she gradually brings to light in sober, precise language. When Mr Bellange starts drawing dainty trees instead of straight lines, the business goes under. (Beat Mazenauer, trans. by Andrea Willfratt)
New releases
Jonas Lüscher: Verzauberte Vorbestimmung. Hanser.
New releases
Ina Haller: Aargauer Vergeltung. Emons Verlag.
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