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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Favorite Translated Literature

1,033 books — 498 voters

So Worthy My Love by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Romance in Germany/Netherlands/Austria/Switzerland (and/or) German/Dutch/Austrian/Swiss Heroes and Heroines

97 books — 52 voters

Vom Ende der Einsamkeit by Benedict Wells

Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature of the 21st Century

198 books — 114 voters

Wax Works by Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urr...

Before You Visit Switzerland

36 books — 22 voters

Die Leute von Seldwyla, Erster Band by Gottfried Keller

Die Leute von Seldwyla, Zweiter Band by Gottfried Keller

Switzerland

134 books — 9 voters

The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell

(good!?) Literary Fiction - published in Germany, 2012

15 books — 4 voters

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“ The perceived failings of leaders of other neutral or occupied European countries, including France, Spain, Sweden or Norway, or of the countries that fought alongside the Nazis, have not caught the public imagination in the English-speaking world in anything like the same way. ”
― Clare O'Dea, The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

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“ What were the present and future to him, he who did not fear the sandstorm? Did he know what fortune and misfortune mean, and what our tortured hearts called hope? ”
― Annemarie Schwarzenbach, All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey

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