beginning on February 7th, 2023.īig Swiss by Jen Beagin Publication Date 2/7/23 ISBN #9781982153083. Big Swiss is perfect for both its levity and its depth and is available for pre-order at and in store at BookStore1 117 S. I enjoyed learning some spicy Spanish lingo as well as the nuances of raising miniature donkeys and bee keeping.Īnd while some of that certainly sounds silly, Beagin is sage enough to weave in complicated relationships and back stories to make this 300 plus page book breeze by. Her interjections to the inappropriate responses Om sometimes elicits, make for great belly laughs. Her sardonic writing voice is certainly her signature and here she brandishes the comedy in Greta’s ‘profession’ as a transcriptionist for a sex therapist named Om. With Big Swiss, Beagin ventures into a new character and setting, where a California transplant named Greta finds herself in the dichotomous Hudson New York, known for its quirky artists as well as its newer gentrified populace. Beagin tackles some pretty stark, serious topics with absurdist and off-the. I had read and loved the dark humor and candor of the latter and am excited to report that her newest is even better. Big Swiss is an odd, hilarious story about an affair thats doomed from the start. Greta, the protagonist of Jen Beagin’s daring and biting new novel, might have the answer. Jen Beagin is the Whiting Award winning author of Pretend I’m Dead and the sequel Vacuum in the Dark.

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