The Gilded Chalet: Off-piste in Literary Switzerland, by Padraig Rooney, November 19, 2015.
This is a book to be read at leisure and savored in small bites.
The Gilded Chalet: Switzerland has always provided a refuge for writers attracted to it as an escape from world wars, oppression, tuberculosis - or marriage.
While often for Swiss writers from Rousseau to Bouvier the country was like a gilded prison or sanatorium. The Romantics, the utopians (Wells, D. H. Lawrence) and other spiritual seekers (Hesse), viewed Switzerland as a land of milk and honey, as nature's paradise. In the twentieth century, spying in neutral Switzerland, spawned espionage and detective fiction from Conan Doyle to Maugham, Fleming, and Le Carré.
Literary detective work and treasure chest, history and scandal, The Gilded Chalet will make you strap on your skis and come off-piste to find out the real Swiss story. (publisher)
My Mailbox Monday features a wonderful literary history set in Switzerland!
This is a book to be read at leisure and savored in small bites.
While often for Swiss writers from Rousseau to Bouvier the country was like a gilded prison or sanatorium. The Romantics, the utopians (Wells, D. H. Lawrence) and other spiritual seekers (Hesse), viewed Switzerland as a land of milk and honey, as nature's paradise. In the twentieth century, spying in neutral Switzerland, spawned espionage and detective fiction from Conan Doyle to Maugham, Fleming, and Le Carré.
Literary detective work and treasure chest, history and scandal, The Gilded Chalet will make you strap on your skis and come off-piste to find out the real Swiss story. (publisher)
My Mailbox Monday features a wonderful literary history set in Switzerland!
I'm soooo jealous. This book looks yummy.
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Have a wonderful week.
Elizabeth
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It's been in a few mailboxes this week. Hope it's a good read!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds wonderful, Harvee. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of this one before seeing it in mailboxes this week. Looks very tempting! Hope you enjoy and have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds wonderful; I saw it on Kathy's blog too!
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