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The event of the book season: for the first time, all of Adelheid Duvanel's stories in one volume.

Adelheid Duvanel is a master of the short form. The radical poetic power of her language makes her one of the most significant voices in Swiss literature of the 20th century. Her short stories are snapshots from the lives of mostly scarred existences, which navigate their fatal circumstances with a dreamlike certainty. In their stubborn insistence on their worldview, they maintain their dignity against life's demands. Indeed, they find a boldness in deviating from what is expected, which gives the texts their stunning energy. They are marked by high poetic precision, each character "custom-made." Despite their sometimes dark content, the texts are filled with surprising, absurd twists and a wonderful underlying humor.