Where other nations reach for the stars, the Swiss begin to climb, writes Hugo Loetscher. However, those who read instead of climbing will find in this volume 17 brilliant essays on Swiss literature featuring both well-known and lesser-known protagonists. Hugo Loetscher's somewhat personal approaches to Max Frisch, Ludwig Hohl, Adolf Muschg, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Niklaus Meienberg, and many others constitute a standard work on the history of Swiss literature.