Diggelmann's collected works in 6 volumes. The creation of the novel "Filippinis Garten" is due to a coincidence. On his way to Ticino, Walter Matthias Diggelmann encounters a distant relative in Thusis and learns from her that his stepfather has passed away. No one had deemed it necessary to inform him of this death. Once again, Diggelmann is brutally reminded that he, the illegitimate son of his mother, is an outsider in this family. As always, when pain and anger overwhelm him, Diggelmann sits down and tries to process his experiences through literature. The result is a novel that differs both in content and style from his earlier works. For the first time in "Filippinis Garten," the focus is not on the search for the father, but rather on the confrontation with the mother, who gave birth to him but, as he...