Dem Süden verschwistert

Brothers and sisters to the south," wrote Annemarie Schwarzenbach about the Upper Engadine and made it her second home. For 150 years, the high valley has been a magical attraction for writers and intellectuals, free spirits and literary aristocrats.
Marmot hunting with Ulrich Becher, in the service of Her Majesty with Ian Fleming, across the Albula with Hermann Hesse or among butterflies with Vladimir Nabokov - the literary traces between S-chanf, Maloja and Lago Bianco are many and varied. The author shows us places that were sung about, described or cursed by famous people from literary and cultural history - Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, Max Frisch, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Richard Wagner, Carl Zuckmayer, Clara Schumann and many others; but he also reminds us of forgotten episodes: Béla Bartók at the Piz Languard or Rodolphe Toepffer at the Sassal Mason.
The author presents 12 hikes: relaxing hotel walks in the valley, well-known Upper Engadin classics such as the Roseg Valley and the Lej Nair, but also more demanding tours such as the Piz Lunghin or the Forno Glacier. The author proposes winter variants for most of the walks.
Numerous historical photos and current photos by Thomas Burla supplement the book.