Literature

«La fin de la tristesse», writing so as not to fade away

By Quentin Perissinotto · 11 November 2025

Every month, our literary critic puts a work through a kaleidoscope, to collect the images it projects and...

Literature

Ramuz, a contemplative against mountaineering

By Benjamin Mercerat · 11 April 2025

Unlike Eugène Rambert or Maurice Chappaz, Charles Ferdinand Ramuz never ventured into the highlands. Faithful to an ancestral conception of the mountain as a place to be avoided, the Vaudois describes it in all its strangeness.

Literature

Florian Eglin, dandyism as the art of refining violence

By Quentin Perissinotto · March 26, 2025

Literary dandyism, an elegant insurrection against the trivial, has found a figure in French-speaking Switzerland: Florian Eglin, a punchy aesthete.

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Rendezvous on familiar ground

By Sandrine Rovere · 21 February 2025

With «Ce qu'il reste de tout ça», Fanny Desarzens paints a gentle, sensitive portrait of an ordinary family in the French-speaking part of Switzerland during the "Trente Glorieuses".

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«The Night of the Gütsch», unpublished novel (episode 10/10)

By André Durussel · December 28, 2024

The latest novel by Swiss writer André Durussel, published in Le Regard Libre throughout 2024, continues and concludes.

Literature

«The Night of the Gütsch», unpublished novel (episode 10/10)

By André Durussel · November 28, 2024

Here's the sequel to the new novel by Swiss writer André Durussel, published in Le Regard Libre throughout 2024.

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«La Fanatique»: a journey to the heart of hatred

By Sandrine Rovere · October 30, 2024

With this hard-hitting novel, Lovlé Tillmanns brilliantly gets inside the head of the «First Lady» of the Third Reich. Fascinating and disturbing.

Literature

«The Night of the Gütsch», unpublished novel (episode 10/10)

By André Durussel · October 18, 2024

Here's the sequel to the new novel by Swiss writer André Durussel, published in Le Regard Libre throughout 2024.

Literature

«The Night of the Gütsch», unpublished novel (episode 10/10)

By André Durussel · September 27, 2024

Here's the sequel to the new novel by Swiss writer André Durussel, published in Le Regard Libre throughout 2024.