SWITZERLAND

from Why the Child Is Cooking in the Polenta  
Aglaja Veteranyi
Pierre Imhof, Translator
Dafydd Roberts, Translator
Translated from the German by Pierre Imhof and Dafydd Roberts

Rumor About Flying and Hearing  
Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck
Maria Schoenhammer, Translator
From To Sing of a Ship
Translated from the German by Maria Schoenhammer

from The Year of Love  
Paul Nizon
Nick Byrne, Translator
Translation from the French by Mick Byrne

Swiss Literature  
Malcolm Pender

Culture: An Instrument Of Peace?  
Wolfgang Amadeus Bruelhart
How effective are cultural programs as a means of resolving conflict. Wolfgang Amadeus Bruelhard shares his ideas and experiences from Sarajevo ...

Ninety Nine-Liners  
Ilma Rakusa
Eileen Walliser-Schwarzbart, Translator
from A Farewell to Everything
Translated from the German by Eileen Walliser-Schwarzbart

The Trout  
Roger Monnerat
Pierre Imhof, Translator
Dafydd Roberts, Translator
From The School of Shame
Translated from the German by Dafydd Roberts and Pierre Imhof

The Expulsion: Three Fragments  
Fabio Pusterla
Simon Knight, Translator
from Things with no Past Translated from the Italian by Simon Knight

from Buried in the Garden  
Fabio Pusterla
Simon Knight, Translator
Translated from the Italian by Simon Knight

Landscape  
Fabio Pusterla
Simon Knight, Translator
Translated from the Italian by Simon Knight

Opposing Forces  
Fabio Pusterla
Simon Knight, Translator
from Pietra Sangue
Translated from the Italian by Simon Knight

Herr Pillwein and Frau Kulanek  
Monica Cantieni
Michael Robinson, Translator
from The Fog-Drinkers
Translated from the German by Michael Robinson

The Blue Elephant  
Martin R. Dean
Michael Robinson, Translator
Translated from the German by Michael Robinson

Two poems from Saisons du corps  
Claire Genoux
Ellen Hinsey, Translator
Translated from the French by Ellen Hinsey

Giacumbert Nau--An Annotated Account of his Life as a Sheperd on the Greina, chronicled by Leo Tuor  
Leo Tuor
Mike Evans, Translator
Translated from the Sursilvian Romansh by Mike Evans

The Eye of Thetis  
Mariella Mehr
Maria Schoenhammer, Translator
Translated from the German by Maria Schoenhammer

A Nice Accent: On Impurities in Language --An Orientation of Switzerland  
Hugo Loetscher
Alan Bridgman, Translator
Translated from the German by Alan J. Bridgman

Switzerland is Different for the Swiss, Or:
It Should at Least Be Said  
Pierre Imhasly
Breon Mitchell, Translator
Translated from the German by Breon Mitchell

from Naso lituratus  
Laurent Schweizer
Gilles Plante, Translator
Chances are you have no idea what a naso lituratus really is! We didn´t either, until we read Laurent Schweizer´s brilliant new novel.

The Sickness of Being a Fly  
Anne-Lou Steininger
Bernard Meares, Translator
Work your way through this highly original piece of fiction....

Her Father. Very Early.  
Kristin T. Schnider
Kristin Schnider leads you into the gray zone between experience and fiction in this first published excerpt from her deeply moving novel.

Swiss Notables  
David Applefield
The Lexikon der Schweizer Literaturen (Lenos Verlag, 1991) includes nearly 500 pages of biographic information on hundreds of Switzerland´s most accomplished writers and thinkers. We were surprised by a number of these individuals whom we hadn´t thought of as Swiss, and thought Frank readers might appreciate having a glance at the short list we´ve culled from the lexicon. Writers whose work we´ve included in Frank have not been added to this list. We extend our apologies for omissions and oversights, of which there are undoubtedly plenty. For English translations of the works of these writers, follow the links at www.ReadFrank.com.--DA

Culture and War: An Uneasy Relationship  
Wolfgang Amadeus Bruelhart

Thou Art a Worm in Quasar Dust, And What´s More Down the Drain  
Pierre Imhasly

You Have to See Them In Context  
Pierre Imhasly

Ruth Dreifuss talks about Swiss Culture  
Ruth Dreifuss, Interviewee
David Applefield, Interviewer
Frank Presidential Interview Series