Big Swiss

Name: Big Swiss
Brand: Simon & Schuster NZ
SKU: 9781982153090
Price: 49.0 NZD
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By Jen Beagin

Summary

Big Swiss follows Greta, a transcriber of therapy sessions for a sex coach known as Om. Living in a drafty Dutch farmhouse with her friend Sabine, Greta becomes captivated by one of Om's clients, a repressed married woman she calls Big Swiss. When Greta encounters her in town, an intense and complex relationship unfolds, blurring boundaries and challenging notions of intimacy and identity.
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Big Swiss

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This novel is ideal for readers who enjoy quirky, character-driven contemporary fiction exploring themes of sexuality, mental health, and unconventional relationships. Fans of sharp, dark humour and stories about misfits seeking connection will find Big Swiss compelling.

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"Wild...hilarious...so good." — Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year

"A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." — Oprah Daily

"Always interesting...too fun to stop." — Vanity Fair

"One of the funniest books of the last few years" — (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients.

Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om.

She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss's voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed.

While Big Swiss is unaware Greta has eavesdropped on her most intimate exchanges, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she'll do anything to sustain the relationship...

"A fantastic, weird-as-hell, super funny novel" — (Bustle), Big Swiss is both a love story and a deft examination of infidelity, mental health, sexual stereotypes, and more — from an amazingly talented, singular voice in contemporary fiction.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781982153090

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Simon & Schuster

Audience: General / adult

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Weight: 0g

Pages: 352

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Fiction General Fiction Humour Jen Beagin Literary Fiction

About the Author

Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a Whiting Award in fiction. Her first novel Pretend I'm Dead was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize and Vacuum in the Dark was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. She is also the author of Big Swiss. She lives in Hudson, New York.

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