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The bestselling Swiss cookbook available in English, now with more than 100 photos.

Simultaneously haunting and humorous, I'm Not Stiller has come to be recognized as "one of the major post-war works of fiction" and a masterpiece of German literature.

Written by a Nobel laureate, the book probes deeply into topics such as morality, self-deception, and the absurdities of social conventions

The Vampire of Ropraz examines how fear, superstition, and collective guilt can turn a community against an outsider, revealing the darker side of human nature.

The Swiss Family Robinson, first published at the beginning of the nineteenth century, is one of the most enduring and imitated stories of shipwreck and survival.

In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city.

The first novel in Arno Camenisch's celebrated "alpine" trilogy is set during a single summer.

Ring explores exile, identity, and the delicate balance between seeking safety and engaging with an unfamiliar world.

Considered the standard-bearer for the great Franco-Swiss literary tradition, exemplified by authors such as Jacques Chessex and C. F. Ramuz, Noelle Revaz may also remind English-language readers of Louis-Ferdinand Celine.

A captivating portrait of a slowly unraveling mind, Perlmann’s Silence is a brilliant meditation on the complex interplay between language, memory, and the depths of the human psyche.

Green Henry is one of the most important novels in European literature, and undoubtedly the greatest work of fiction by a Swiss writer.

First published in 1842, The Black Spider displays its author’s talent for dark satire and realism, as well as the visionary powers of his imagination.

A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging mans lonely inner life and the objective facts he finds in the books of his isolated home.

A haunting, allegorical Swiss masterpiece centered around a posse of villagers as they brave dark elements to ascend a mountain, thicketed with lore

This deluxe Children’s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate