Artist in Residence: Jonas Lüscher

Jonas Lüscher was born in 1976 in Switzerland and lives in Munich. His novella Spring of the Barbarians was a bestseller, and with it, he was longlisted for the German Book Prize and nominated for the Swiss Book Prize, which he ultimately won for his novel Kraft.

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During his residency at the SQUARE, he will explore the relationship between literature and economics and present his new novel:

Reading and Discussion: Enchanted Predestination

An event by the Literaturhauses St. Gallen n collaboration with the SQUARE of the University of St. Gallen.

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Plot: An Algerian soldier is caught in the first German poison gas attack, decides someone must stop this, gets up, and walks away. In a future Cairo, a stand-up comedian watches an android laughing at her jokes. A Bohemian weaver is replaced by an automated loom, steals a hammer, and attacks the machine. What do we humans of capitalism dream of, and what do our increasingly uprising machines dream of? In the unique mirror room of this novel, no conflict is over, and every story is still possible. Smart and absurd, funny and sharp, Jonas Lüscher, at the height of his craft, tells the story of a present that would like to know more about its future. (Hanser Verlag 2025)

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