Reading by Dominic Oppliger from «Gschtüel» (Aris Verlag, 2026)

Description

Reading by Dominic Oppliger from «Gschtüel» (Aris Verlag, 2026) Baden, sometime in the early 2000s. An unnamed narrator searches
his place in a city that has remained foreign to him until the old
Gstühl area comes to life. There he finds a home,
like-minded people, and Julia: mysterious, attractive – and quite soon
missing. When he encounters her again months later, she is a
different person. The Gstühl is heading for demolition, disturbing encounters
accumulate, and the same strange book with the theories of a Baden spa doctor appears again and again, promising «The Overcoming of
Humanity».
«Gschtüel» is Dominic Oppliger's fantastic dive into Baden of the
early 2000s – and takes him to Thailand and back to the Limmat in the
Hot Springs.
Dominic Oppliger (*1983) studied Social Work and Transdisciplinarity in
the arts, lives in Zurich, and works independently as an author,
musician, artistic advisor, and writing coach. His dialect novel
«giftland» was awarded a Swiss Literature Prize in 2024.
In 2025, the co-authored photo-text band «chönnti» (cpress)
and the fantasy story «Helsinki» (Der gesunde Menschenversand) were published.

Highlights

• Reading from the novel «Gschtüel» by Dominic Oppliger
• The author has been awarded the Swiss Literature Prize
• Venue: Bahnhofplatz, Baden

General Information

Dominic Oppliger reads from his new novel «Gschtüel», set in Baden in the early 2000s. The narrator searches for his place in a foreign city and encounters mysterious characters and disturbing experiences.

Location

Unterer Bahnhofplatz, 5400 Baden, Switzerland

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