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Fleur Jaeggy

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in Zurich, Switzerland

July 31, 1940

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Fleur Jaeggy is a Swiss author, who writes in Italian. The Times Literary Supplement named Proleterka as a Best Book of the Year upon its US publication, and her Sweet Days of Discipline won the Premio Bagutta and the Premio Speciale Rapallo. As of 2021, six of her books have been translated into English.

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	Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy, Tim Parks (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 9,084 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am the Brother of XX by Fleur Jaeggy, Gini Alhadeff (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 1,343 ratings — published 2014 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	S. S. Proleterka by Fleur Jaeggy, Alastair McEwen (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 1,269 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Possible Lives by Fleur Jaeggy, Minna Zallman Proctor (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Water Statues by Fleur Jaeggy, Gini Alhadeff (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 861 ratings — published 1980 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Vanities by Fleur Jaeggy, Tim Parks (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 1994 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El ángel de la guarda by Fleur Jaeggy, Mariano Solivellas (Translator) 3.29 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El dedo en la boca by Fleur Jaeggy, María Ángeles Cabré (Translator), Roberto Miranda (Illustrator) 2.97 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El dedo en la boca y Las estatuas de agua by Fleur Jaeggy, María Ángeles Cabré Castells (translator) 3.08 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	שנות העונש המאושרות / פרולטרקה by Fleur Jaeggy, פלר יאגי (Author's Hebrew Name), יערית טאובר (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I still thought that to get something you had to go straight for your goal whereas it is only distractions, uncertainty, distance that bring us closer to our targets, and then it is the targets which strike us.”
― Fleur Jaeggy, Sweet Days of Discipline

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“What are the girls thinking of? At least half are nostalgic for death, and for a temple, and for all of those clothes.”
― Fleur Jaeggy, Sweet Days of Discipline

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“Once when I was eight years old my grandmother asked me, what will you do when you grow up? And I answered, I want to die. I want to die when I grow up. I want to die soon. And I think my sister really liked that answer.”
― Fleur Jaeggy, I Am the Brother of XX

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