Born 1963 · Switzerland
Schweizer Buchpreis 2018 · Winner
Die sanfte Gleichgültigkeit der Welt
Peter Stamm · 55 when first published
Novel · 144 pages · Love, Speculative
AI-generated summary:In Stockholm, Christoph, an ageing writer, arranges to meet the much younger Lena. He tells her that twenty years ago he loved a woman who looked just like her, and that he knows the life she leads and what lies ahead of her.
Schweizer Buchpreis 2011 · Shortlist
Peter Stamm · 48 when first published
Short stories · 189 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:Stories of lives postponed, remembered and missed: Alexander, who should be happy with beautiful, successful Sonja and has a lover, an abandoned hotel in the mountains, a priest who feeds the birds, a first love.
Schweizer Buchpreis 2008 · Shortlist
Wir fliegen
Peter Stamm · 45 when first published
Short stories · 370 pages
AI-generated summary:Stories of moments when something in a life shifts: Heidi, who once wanted to be an artist and now has a husband and child she never wanted, and Bruno, a hotel porter waiting overnight for a frightening test result.