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Melara Mvogdobo

Born 1972 · Switzerland

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    Schweizer Buchpreis 2025 · Shortlist

    Großmütter

    Title translated by AI:“Grandmothers”

    Melara Mvogdobo · 53 when first published

    Novel · 127 pages · Family, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Two grandmothers, one from a poor Swiss farming family, the other from a fairly wealthy family in Cameroon, both born around 1940. As young women they have dreams; they marry and come up against the narrow limits patriarchy sets them.