Born 1946 · Switzerland
Schweizer Buchpreis 2020 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Half-Beard”
Charles Lewinsky · 74 when first published
Novel · 676 pages · Historical, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:In 1313, in the valley of Schwyz, young Sebi is no good for farm work or soldiering and would rather invent stories. From Halbbart, a stranger from far away with only half a face, he learns what makes people good and bad.
Schweizer Buchpreis 2016 · Shortlist
Charles Lewinsky · 70 when first published
Novel · 396 pages · Speculative, Historical
AI-generated summary:I am Andersen. A man wakes up as a foetus in the womb with all the knowledge and memories of a past life. His parents sometimes think they see an old man's knowing look in their strange baby's face.
Schweizer Buchpreis 2011 · Shortlist
Charles Lewinsky · 65 when first published
Novel · 539 pages · Historical, War
AI-generated summary:Kurt Gerron was once a star of Berlin cinema and is now one prisoner among thousands in the Theresienstadt ghetto. Ordered to make a film depicting the Jews' life there as paradise, he faces a choice on which his life depends.