Roland Buti was born in Lausanne, where he still lives and works. He is the author of several highly acclaimed works of fiction. Year of the Drought is his first novel to be translated into English. It won the Swiss Literature Prize in 2015.
"It was the month of June, in the year 1976. I was thirteen. It was the start of the summer holidays. It was the year of the drought."The Sutters have been farming on the Swiss plateau for generations, but now the household teeters on the brink of ruin. The crops are audibly roasting;...
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