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"Peter Stamm takes us into a virtuously constructed labyrinth in which we lose ourselves with joy." This is how the jury justified its decision. Today, author Peter Stamm has received the Swiss Book Award.
16:05, November 11, 2018
"The sweet indifference of the world" – with this novel wins the best-selling international author Peter Stamm the Swiss Book Award 2018. The prize was awarded on Sunday as part of the BuchBasel Literary Festival.
The awards ceremony took place at the Theater Basel, in front of 400 guests, as announced by the officials. The Swiss book price this year is 30,000 Swiss francs (26,283.51 euros); the other four shortlisted authors receive 3,000 francs each.
How to get lost happy
The jury justified its decision as follows: "Peter Stamm takes us into a virtuously constructed labyrinth in which we lose ourselves with joy." He has written a double layered novel in which two pairs of artists are reflected.
In his praise stroked Christine Richard According to the text, Stamm wrote a book on the power of memory, the story of repetition. "The other books have an action, here the action is the book, nothing else."
In his novel "The Sweet Indiffence of the World", Swiss author Peter Stamm unveils a 156-page thinking game that addresses one of the central issues of human life. In the end, the author pleads with the novel for acceptance and serenity towards life. Peter Stamm Heinz Helle, Gianna Molinari, Vincenzo Todisco and Julia Lucadou were among the finalists.
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