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A

Fabiano Alborghetti,

Carole Allamand,

Urs Allemann

B

Guido Bachmann,

Jean-Luc Benoziglio,

Sibylle Berg,

Bern ist überall,

Donata Berra,

Clo Duri Bezzola,

Peter Bichsel,

S. Corinna Bille,

Hans Boesch,

Giovanni Bonalumi,

David Bosc,

Nicolas Bouvier,

Anne Brécart,

Irena Brežná,

Lukas Bärfuss,

Katja Brunner,

Ernst Burren,

Julien Burri,

Roland Buti

C

Arno Camenisch,

Alex Capus,

Maurice Chappaz,

Gaston Cherpillod,

Jacques Chessex,

Anita Siegfried (Text),

Claudia de Weck (Ill.),

Martina Clavadetscher,

David Collin,

Nicolas Couchepin

D

Flurin Darms,

Massimo Daviddi,

Martin R. Dean,

Zora del Buono,

Max Huwyler (Text),

Dieter Leuenberger (Ill.),

Franz Dodel,

Elvira Dones,

Friedrich Dürrenmatt,

Ralph Dutli

E

Dorothee Elmiger,

Lisa Elsässer

F

Urs Faes,

Luisa Famos,

Andrea Fazioli,

Michael Fehr,

Anna Felder,

Felice Filippini,

Catalin D. Florescu,

Eleonore Frey,

Ursula Fricker,

Alexandre Friederich,

Max Frisch

G

Zsuzsanna Gahse,

Katharina Geiser,

Massimo Gezzi,

Andrea Gianinazzi,

Dagny Gioulami,

Eugen Gomringer,

Nora Gomringer,

Roman Graf,

Dana Grigorcea

H

Heinz Helle,

Reto Hänny,

Franz Hohler,

Thomas Hürlimann,

Michael Hugentobler,

Sandra Hughes

I

Felix Philipp Ingold

J

Anja Jardine,

Hanna Johansen

K

Lorenz Pauli (Text),

Kathrin Schärer (Ill.),

Christoph Keller,

Birgit Kempker,

Pascale Kramer,

Thilo Krause,

Agota Kristof,

Tim Krohn,

Robert Walser (Text),

Käthi Bhend (Ill.),

Meral Kureyshi

L

Monique Laederach,

Rolf Lappert,

Doris Lecher,

Pedro Lenz,

Pierre Lepori,

Eva Maria Leuenberger,

Gertrud Leutenegger,

Hugo Loetscher,

Catherine Louis,

Jonas Lüscher

M

Urs Mannhart,

Pietro de Marchi,

Plinio Martini,

Grytzko Mascioni,

Mariella Mehr,

Jérôme Meizoz,

Klaus Merz,

Michel Mettler,

Jörg Müller,

Gianna Molinari,

Perikles Monioudis,

Adolf Muschg

N

Melinda Nadj Abonji,

Andreas Neeser,

Jens Nielsen

O

Giovanni Orelli,

Angelika Overath

P

Rose-Marie Pagnard,

Andri Peer,

Oscar Peer,

Anne Perrier,

Rut Plouda,

Marius Daniel Popescu,

Dubravko Pušek,

Fabio Pusterla

Q

Claudia Quadri

R

Kuno Raeber,

Philippe Rahmy,

Dragica Rajčić,

Ilma Rakusa,

Nicolas Robel,

Antonio Rossi,

Gustave Roud,

Anna Ruchat,

Simona Ryser

S

Catherine Safonoff,

Isolde Schaad,

Hansjörg Schertenleib,

Michail Schischkin,

Hansjörg Schneider,

Kathrin Schärer,

Jürg Schubiger,

Hans Schumacher,

Ruth Schweikert,

Monique Schwitter,

Jon Semadeni,

Tommaso Soldini,

Anna Sommer,

Peter Stamm,

Michael Stauffer,

Bruno Steiger,

Michelle Steinbeck,

Jens Steiner,

Carmen Stephan,

Beat Sterchi,

Martin Suter

T

José-Flore Tappy,

Pierre-Alain Tâche,

Matteo Terzaghi,

Leo Tuor

U

Marie-Jeanne Urech,

Raphael Urweider

V

Aglaja Veteranyi,

Christina Viragh,

Peter von Matt

W

Robert Walser,

Frédéric Wandelère,

Julia Weber,

Peter Weber,

Markus Werner,

Urs Widmer

Z

Mary-Laure Zoss,

Matthias Zschokke

Hugo Loetscher

Wunderwelt

«Wir haben alles dafür. Ein Museum an Ort und Stelle. Ein echtes Museum. Und echt ist doch eure Hütte. (...) Nur die Löffel müssen wir ersetzen. Die sind aus Plastik. Und das geht nicht. Ein Museum muss stimmen. Unser Museum ist der Blechkultur gewidmet.»

Hugo Loetscher once called himself a «Sweetwater Portuguese». In Lisbon he discovered the very edge of Europe, from here he set sail for the New World. He documented his encounters in Cearà, the North Eastern region of Brasil, in his book «Wonder World» 1979. That region is extremely poor, nevertheless the stranger finds a joy of life and a vitality that amaze him. «In the North East misery has quite some imagination», Loetscher writes, therein lies the wonder that raises his hope.
There is a counterpiece to «Wonder World»: the 1982 Los Angeles book «Autumn in the Big Orange». The two books are intrinsically linked. By contrasting each other, they offer a more precise and sharp view on the two opposite worlds. Here a deprived Brasil where each thing is valuable, for instance tin; there the rich California where all dreams can come true but are worthless. There is a bleak vitality in Cearà, whereas life in Los Angeles seems happily detached. Loetscher’s almost ethnographic studies of two marginal ‹wonder worlds›, read side by side, appear like a dialogue between two totally different cultures. Clearly, the author’s preference lies with the Brasilian wonder world, not least because it still contains mysteries that are not commercialised by the film industry.

(Beat Mazenauer, transl. by Anja Hälg)

Translation of title: Wonderworld

Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1979

ISBN: 3-472-86475-3

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