- Schweizer Buchpreis 2012 · Winner
Das Kalb vor der Gotthardpost
“The Calf in Front of the Gotthard Post” (title translated by AI)
Peter von Matt (born 1937)
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Essays on Switzerland, a country between idyll and globalisation, between Alpine tradition and high-tech tunnels, which the author loves and examines with wit, imagery and fighting spirit. He illuminates the state of the nation's soul, but also casts a critical eye on its society: on its sloppy handling of language and on its closing itself off against immigrants. With writers such as Friedrich Schiller and Max Frisch in view, he reads the riot act to his country's politics and to his compatriots, and shows why engaging with literature goes to the heart of every citizen's awareness.
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About the book
- Form
- Nonfiction
- Length
- 367 pages in the original
- Genres
- Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Switzerland
- First published
- 2012 by Carl Hanser Verlag
- Author's age
- 75 when first published
- ISBN
9783446238800 (original)