The book compares the texts of three Swiss authors: Ella Maillart, Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Nicolas Bouvier. The focus is on their trip from Genève to Kabul that Ella Maillart and Annemarie Schwarzenbach made together in 1939/1940 and Nicolas Bouvier 1953/1954 with the artist Thierry Vernet. The comparison shows the strong connection between the journey and life and between ars vivendi and travel literature.
Writing travel, writing life - Ars Vivendi and the travelling narrations of Ella Maillart, Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Nicolas Bouvier | Potsdamer Bibliothek der WeltRegionen 5
Pia Sójka
Universitätsverlag Potsdam | 319 pages | published 2023