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Martina Clavadetscher

Born 1979 · Switzerland

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Schweizer Buchpreis 2021 · Winner

    Die Erfindung des Ungehorsams

    Title translated by AI:“The Invention of Disobedience”

    Martina Clavadetscher · 42 when first published

    Novel · 276 pages · Speculative, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Three women in three worlds: Iris, pacing her penthouse in Manhattan, Ling, who checks sex dolls for flaws in a factory in southern China, and Ada Lovelace in old Europe, dreaming of new kinds of machines.

  • No English yet

    Schweizer Buchpreis 2017 · Shortlist

    Knochenlieder

    Title translated by AI:“Bone Songs”

    Martina Clavadetscher · 38 when first published

    Novel · 301 pages · Speculative, Family

    AI-generated summary:The Blue, White, Red and Green families live in a closed-off settlement with strict rules, in which reproduction and nature come first. When Regina and Jakob Green cannot have a child, they secretly help nature along.