Philippe Lüscher reads Robert Walser, Carouge
On Thursday 26 November 2026 at 19:00 the Carouge Library, in the Geneva area, offers a reading of a few short prose pieces by Robert Walser, performed by Philippe Lüscher, from 19:00 to 20:30. The twenty-five brief prose pieces, written between 1899 and 1920, form a singular collection that shows Walser's careful observation of his fellow people during encounters and solitary walks in the city and the countryside. The listing says these tales are full of a poetry that reveals what we usually see only on the surface, and recalls that Kafka, Jelinek, Benjamin and Hesse considered Walser one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. He died on a solitary walk in the snow on Christmas Day 1956. Entry is free but registration is compulsory. A quiet evening reading is a calm way to meet fellow book lovers alone, and the library setting makes conversation easy afterwards. «La Bibliothèque de Carouge vous propose une lecture de quelques proses de Robert Walser par Philippe Lüscher.» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: OpenAgenda — Coolturalia (open data). The listing gives 20:30 as the end. Free registration is required.
