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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss by Paul N. Bilton (Paperback, 2008)
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Mountain mentality. Swiss farmers are tough, independent, hard-working, resilient, well-prepared for every kind of natural disaster, and above all staunchly conservative. These characteristics have been passed on to Swiss town-dwellers, who go about their day as if they too were farming a lonely mountain cliff. We can do better. The Swiss stubbornly refuse to believe they are doing well and will even dispute the figures that prove it. So, like the poor donkey chasing the carrot, they pull their collective cart along ever faster, chasing the goal they passed years ago. Peak performers. The perceptions of the Swiss being dull, staid, and boring while at the same time displaying a talent for ruthless efficiency and a limitless capacity for hard work are uncomfortably close to the truth. Likewise the cliched impressions of high mountains, watches, cheese, chocolate bars, and gold bars are genuine. Degrees of unease. The diversity of the Swiss is apparent in the degree to which they worry. The German-speakers do little else. The French-speaking Swiss are great visionaries and philosophers with noble thoughts and global dreams. They worry that their Swiss-German compatriots do not share these dreams. The Italian-speaking Swiss are less interested in the solid values of work and have a terrible tendency not to worry nearly enough.Product Identifiers
PublisherOval Books
ISBN-139781906042509
eBay Product ID (ePID)92137149
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss
AuthorPaul N. Bilton
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
GenreHumor
Number of Pages86 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height178mm
Item Width110mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorPaul N. Bilton
Series TitleXenophobe's Guides
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 27 Jun, 2019
The book says it all about the Swiss.
Having relatives in Switzerland, I have shown them your book and what I got from them is that the book is so true.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
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