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Gertrud Leutenegger

Born 1948 · Switzerland

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    Deutscher Buchpreis 2014 · Shortlist

    Panischer Frühling

    Title translated by AI:“Panicked Spring”

    Gertrud Leutenegger · 66 when first published

    Novel · 217 pages

    AI-generated summary:While an Icelandic volcano grounds European air traffic, the narrator meets Jonathan, a young man with a birthmark selling a street newspaper on London Bridge. The two feel strangely familiar, until Jonathan suddenly disappears.

    Also: Schweizer Buchpreis 2014 shortlist