The Swiss writer and dramatist Lukas Bärfuss has published a number of novels in several languages, including Koala (2014) and One Hundred Days (2012). One Hundred Days follows the experiences of a young Swiss aid worker in Rwanda during the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus in 1994. Koala is an examination of why the protagonist’s half-brother takes his own life. The work, set in Australia and featuring, once again, the author’s delicate, precise prose, is a continuation of the author’s concern with the brutality and visceral nature of humans in contrast with the progress and the society that surround them. In conversation with Miguel Barreda.

Simultaneous translation from German to Spanish available

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