Books from Switzerland
81 popular swiss books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Switzerland.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Chariots of The Gods by Erich von Däniken EN
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
All over the world there are fantastic ruins and objects that cannot be explained by conventional history, archaeology or religion. In the ground-breaking Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Daniken provides answers to these questions...why do religious texts often refer to Gods who descend from fiery chariots? Why do modern space launch sites look like constructions on the plains of Nazca in Peru? Was God an astronaut? By looking at human history and the ruins of ancient civilisations with an open mind, Erich von Daniken offers a new solution to these eternal mysteries in Chariots of the Gods. Wh... continue
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De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert by Joe͏̈l Dicker NL
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Een jonge Amerikaanse schrijver gaat op zoek naar de waarheid achter de beschuldiging van aanranding en moord tegen zijn leermeester.
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death in persia by annemarie schwarzenbach EN
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Since the rediscovery of her work in the late 1980s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach--journalist, traveler, archaeologist, opium addict, and antifascist novelist--has become a European cult figure among free spirited bohemians. Available in English for the first time and beautifully translated by Lucy Renner Jones, Death in Persia is a collage of the political and the private, documenting Schwarzenbach's intimate feelings and public ideas during four trips to Persia between 1933 and 1939. From her reflections on individual responsibility in the lead-up to World War II to her reactions to accusations f... continue
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Der Besuch der alten Dame : eine tragische Komödie by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A rich woman agrees to share her wealth the people in her poor village in return for the life of the man who ruined her reputation when she was young.
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Die Panne by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Weil sein Auto eine Panne hat, gerät Alfredo Traps in eine Villa, in der vier ältere Herren ein Gerichtsspiel abhalten, das ihnen, ehemaligen Richtern, Staatsanwälten und Verteidigern – zum Zeitvertreib dient. Traps übernimmt die Rolle des Angeklagten, und man versichert ihm, eine Schuld werde sich schon finden lassen.
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El angel de la guarda by Fleur Jaeggy ES
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
In a vague place in England, two girls, as output of a photograph by Lewis Carroll, chat with their guardian such vital topics as death, emptiness, power, sources ... Arrogant, harsh and melancholy, the two appear to assume that talking about those great things is legitimate, and with no shame, they believe is a good thing at their age.
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El desierto by Carlos Franz ES
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Laura returns to the town of Pampa Hundida, a small Chilean town in the desert of Atacama, after twenty years of absence, where individuals and society must come to terms with each other and certain traditional rites confront the pragmatic considerations of European reason.
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El mundo es de cristal by Morris West ES
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
"El mundo es de cristal" es una novela sobre un hombre y tres mujeres en un conflicto que explora la delgada línea entre el amor y el odio, el bien y el mal, la fantasía y la realidad.
La narrativa se basa en hechos reales: un caso registrado en la autobiografía de Carl Gustav Jung. Su relato es breve y curiosamente críptico: «Una señora vino a mi consulta. Se negó a dar su nombre... lo que tenía que comunicarme era una confesión».
La versión de Morris West del encuentro es una fascinante mezcla de verdad y ... continue