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Best of Swiss Fiction

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A non-exhaustive list of Swiss authors

  • 1

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    I'm Not Stiller
    by Max Frisch

  • 2

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    Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel
    by Pascal Mercier

    Unfortunately, the English translation is quite bad. I'd recommend to read it its original language (German).

  • 3

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    The Physicists: A Play in Two Acts
    by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

  • 4

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    Homo Faber: A Report
    by Max Frisch

  • 5

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    The Inspector Barlach Mysteries: The Judge and His Hangman and Suspicion
    by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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