- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing (12 Jun 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857885481
- ISBN-13: 978-1857885484
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
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'A Financial Times Book of the Year 2010 - ...We all know that Switzerland gave us the world cuckoo clocks, triangular chocolate and penknives, but how about the Toilet Duck, Velcro and LSD? Europe's landlocked island is a great subject for a cultural anthropologist and Bewes, manager of an English language bookshop in Bern, is a perfect guide.'
A Financial Times Book of the Year 2010
'Engagingly light and comic... [Swiss Watching] will make you smile.'
Sunday Telegraph
'Informative and Entertaining' … 'Bewes reveals how Switzerland is riddled with contradictions.'
The Mail on Sunday
'Diccon Bewes has the Bryson touch, informing and entertaining readers with his observations, considerable knowledge and love for this little known country.'
Lovereading.com
'[Bewes has] a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity.'
Die Zeit ---
He is one of those Anglo-Saxon authors who describe foreign countries with a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity. --Die Zeit
With 'Swiss Watching' Diccon Bewes has achieved a book that holds surprising insights about the Swiss, and not just for foreigners. --Berner Zeitung
He is one of those Anglo-Saxon authors who describe foreign countries with a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity. --Die Zeit
With 'Swiss Watching' Diccon Bewes has achieved a book that holds surprising insights about the Swiss, and not just for foreigners. --Berner Zeitung
He is one of those Anglo-Saxon authors who describe foreign countries with a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity. --Die Zeit
With 'Swiss Watching' Diccon Bewes has achieved a book that holds surprising insights about the Swiss, and not just for foreigners. --Berner Zeitung
A Financial Times Book of the Year 2010
'Engagingly light and comic... [Swiss Watching] will make you smile.'
Sunday Telegraph
'Informative and Entertaining' … 'Bewes reveals how Switzerland is riddled with contradictions.'
The Mail on Sunday
'Diccon Bewes has the Bryson touch, informing and entertaining readers with his observations, considerable knowledge and love for this little known country.'
Lovereading.com
'[Bewes has] a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity.'
Die Zeit ---
He is one of those Anglo-Saxon authors who describe foreign countries with a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity. --Die Zeit
With 'Swiss Watching' Diccon Bewes has achieved a book that holds surprising insights about the Swiss, and not just for foreigners. --Berner Zeitung
He is one of those Anglo-Saxon authors who describe foreign countries with a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity. --Die Zeit
With 'Swiss Watching' Diccon Bewes has achieved a book that holds surprising insights about the Swiss, and not just for foreigners. --Berner Zeitung
He is one of those Anglo-Saxon authors who describe foreign countries with a mix of loving irony and a well trained eye for eccentricity. --Die Zeit
With 'Swiss Watching' Diccon Bewes has achieved a book that holds surprising insights about the Swiss, and not just for foreigners. --Berner Zeitung
Review
A Financial Times Book of Year 2010 " - Bewes has an engagingly light and comic touch" - Clover Stroud, The Sunday Telegraph "Informative and Entertaining." - Harry Ritchie, The Mail on Sunday "It's a real page turner, a treasure trove. Absolutely jam-packed with fascinating facts that really got me thinking." -Margaret Oertig-Davidson, author of Beyond Chocolate "Everything you wanted to know about Switzerland, and then some. Not just a travel book, 'Swiss Watching' is a no-stone-unturned exploration of what makes (and has made) this enigmatic country tick' Peter Kerr, author of the Snowball Orange series of five books
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone who has lived in Switzerland quite recently I would recommend `Swisswatching' highly to anyone moving there or simply visiting the country. Bewes' book gets under the skin of the experience of being a foreigner in Switzerland and does it with a great sense of fun. It also gives an excellent and informed view of the Swiss as a nation and proves beyond doubt that, despite having four cultural and language groups within its borders, there is such a thing as Swissness. Most importantly, the book takes a superb look at the regions of Switzerland, some of which may be well known but most of which will be new to all but the most experienced traveller. It looks at the products we all recognise as Swiss and the figures we may currently be unaware of and tells the story of a country through their histories. Above all this is a thoroughly enjoyable, amusing and entertaining read for anyone with even a passing interest in travel.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Swiss Watching proves that there's more to Switzerland than Banks, Watches, Skis, Heidi and Holey Cheese.
This is a brilliant picture of the real Switzerland, one that most of us don't get to see or hear about. The book is full of witty and touching antidotes from all over the country. Highly recommended to those that love armchair travel, I loved it and can't wait to visit Europe's landlocked island.
This is a brilliant picture of the real Switzerland, one that most of us don't get to see or hear about. The book is full of witty and touching antidotes from all over the country. Highly recommended to those that love armchair travel, I loved it and can't wait to visit Europe's landlocked island.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is such a great read, whether or not you are planning to visit Switzerland. If you are, then take this with you because, even though it's not a guide book, you'll end up wanting to visit all the places he mentions! If you're not going there, you'll soon want to once you've read it!! Swisswatching is informative, interesting, honest and funny. Diccon Bewes has researched it well and added in his excellent observations from living as an expat in Switzerland. If you like Bill Bryson you'll love this! I couldn't put it down and can't wait for his next book! The great thing is that you can also make comments and ask him questions via his blog and he actually answers!! Plus each new blog entry adds more funny observations about the country that aren't in his book. What more could you want?
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