Alain Claude Sulzer's new novel nominated for the Schweizer Buchpreis 2019

Alain Claude Sulzer's UNHALTBARE ZUSTÄNDE (INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS) is nominated for the Schweizer Buchpreis (Swiss Book Prize) 2019! Published to rave reviews, the novel shot into the bestseller list shortly after publication in German last month.

The year is 1969. Stettler, a man in late middle age, works as the creative director/window decorator of the biggest department store in the Swiss town he calls home. His work is his whole world and his pride - he has been in his position for thirty years. For most of his life, he lived with his mother, but she has now died, and he lives alone in their flat. In his free time, he listens to classical music and thinks about how to decorate the Christmas display window. All is well, until one day a new man is hired by the department store, a younger man, who is given the coveted Christmas window job, and generally threatens Stettler's position and Weltanschauung...

The public award ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 10, 11 am, as part of the literature festival BuchBasel, in the Theater Basel.
The nominated authors will present their books on a reading tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland:
October 20, 2019, FRANKFURT, Frankfurt Book Fair, at Arte and «Das blaue Sofa»
October 22, 2019, MUNICH, Lehmkuhl Bookstore
October 25, 2019, ZURICH, Literaturhaus Zürich
October 31, 2019, BERN, "B-READING presents", Aula in the program
November 3, 2019, HAMBURG, Literaturhaus Hamburg
November 4, 2019, BERLIN, Literary Colloquium Berlin
November 7, 2019, VIENNA, «BuchWien» and residence of the Swiss Embassy
November 8, 2019, BASEL, Literature Festival BuchBasel, single readings
November 9, 2019, BASEL, Literature Festival BuchBasel, Einzellesungen

More information on the prize can be found here.