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URL:https://www.societe-de-lecture.ch/events/clare-odea-english/
SUMMARY:Clare O’Dea  - English  (Special Schedule!) / FULL
DESCRIPTION:The Naked Swiss\n\nInterview conducted by Mariana Pictet\, co-f
 ounder of Coolturalia.com\n\nIn partnership with the Diplomatic Club of Ge
 neva\n\nThe Swiss are the high achievers of Europe\, coming top of the ran
 kings in everything from quality of life to prosperity and innovation. But
  who are the people behind this performance? Are they\, as many outsiders 
 assume\, rich and boring? Are they virtuous peace brokers or criminally ne
 utral? These are some of the questions that Clare O’Dea sought to answer
  in her book\, The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths (Bergli Books\, 2
 018). Originally from Dublin\, Clare has been writing about Switzerland si
 nce she first arrived in the country twenty years ago\, first as a freelan
 ce journalist and later as a staff writer for the international news servi
 ce of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Through her work explaining Swit
 zerland to the world\, Clare has met a diverse range of Swiss characters\,
  from the most powerful to the most marginalised. Recently\, Clare has tur
 ned to fiction with the publication of her first novel\, Voting Day (Fairl
 ight\, 2021). This time Swiss history was the inspiration\, specifically t
 he vote against female suffrage in 1959. Her next novel\, coming in 2025\,
  will explore the issue of assisted suicide.
LOCATION:Société de Lecture\, 11 Grand Rue\, Genève\, Suisse
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