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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Favorite Translated Literature

1,029 books — 498 voters

Die Leute von Seldwyla, Erster Band by Gottfried Keller

Die Leute von Seldwyla, Zweiter Band by Gottfried Keller

Switzerland

134 books — 9 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature

973 books — 956 voters

Switzerland in Juvenile Fiction

179 books — 9 voters

Het parfum; De geschiedenis van een moordenaar by Patrick Süskind

Het lijden van de jonge Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dutch translations of German books

120 books — 14 voters

Vom Ende der Einsamkeit by Benedict Wells

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

198 books — 114 voters

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“ It is not against the law to drink in public places, and you will see people drinking in parks or by the lake. The Swiss have a more relaxed attitude to alcohol consumption. From the age of 16, young people can be served beer or wine in a bar. ”
― Clare O'Dea, The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

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“ By the time the Freedom Flights, to use the US description, came to an end, more than 260,000 Cubans had been airlifted to the United States, every one of them registered by the Swiss before they left Cuba. ”
― Clare O'Dea, The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

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