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← Back to all issuesGranta 35: The Unbearable Peace
Spring 1991
John le Carré’s story about the Swiss, money, and democracy and about our own unbearable peace. Plus: Max Frisch, Friedrich D’Urrenmatt, John Berger, Jayne Anne Phillips, Nadine Gordimer, Patrick Süskind, and Allan Gurganus.
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The Zoo in Basel
John Berger
‘To create is to let take over something which did not exist before and is therefore new.’
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Switzerland Without an Army?
Max Frisch
‘Why should Switzerland of all places have no army? It costs billions and billions, but we can afford it.’
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Václav Havel in Zürich
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
‘It so happens that the Swiss are a warlike people, even though no one has attacked us for over 200 years.’
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In Summer Camps
Jayne Anne Phillips
‘The sky burned white to blond to powder to an almighty blue; the sun fell unobstructed.’
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Some are Born to Sweet Delight
Nadine Gordimer
‘She stopped where she was; sourness was in her mouth and nose, oozing towards the foreign stranger, she mustn’t go a step nearer.’
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A Mid-life Crisis
Patrick Süskind
‘Just what exactly is it that belongs together, pray tell? Absolutely nothing!’
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The Ramada Inn at Shiloh
Allan Gurganus
‘I think Lincoln's face predicted the twentieth century.’
