Sweet Days of Discipline

Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enough: `At fourteen I was a boarder in a school in the Appenzell'. But there is nothing truly simple or innocent here, and as the narrator broods over her schemes to win the affections of the perfect new girl, the novel gathers an unsettling energy.

Amplasat in Elvetia postbelica, romanul ciudat de frumos al lui Fleur Jaeggy incepe simplu si destul de nevinovat: ,,La paisprezece ani eram internat intr-o scoala din Appenzell". Dar nu este nimic cu adevarat simplu sau inocent aici si, in timp ce naratorul se gandeste la planurile ei de a castiga afectiunile noii fete perfecte, romanul aduna o energie tulburatoare.