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My taste is for good quality literature - old and new. Some of it I review here or on my main book blog Edith's Miscellany.
Rebirth of an Orphan Girl: The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons by Monica Cantieni
Here's the sublime debut novel of a - so far - rather unknown Swiss author. As a matter of fact, the book won the most renowned Swiss literary award. The story is simple and yet gripping:
Being only six years old and an orphan girl she is a greenhorn in life and in a family, when she arrives at the home of her new parents sometime in the 1970s. They are Swiss, but not particularly well-off so they live in a poor immigrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Zurich with all its problems. The little girl needs to learn an awful lot and not just new words that she stores in all kinds of boxes (following the suggestion of her new father). With the help of her new - senile - grand-father Tat she finds her way.
To know more about this Swiss novel, I invite you to click here and read my long review on my main book blog Edith's Miscellany!
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