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Shop nowBig Swiss
A Novel
Length
11 hours 15 minutes
Language
English
Narrators
Rebecca Lowman, Carlotta Brentan, Stephen Graybill, Joy Osmanski & Matt Pittenger
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“A transcriber for a sex therapist develops an obsession with one of the clients...and then recognizes her voice in public and starts an affair. Full cast reading. Well-paced. Messy! ”
— Julie • Maria's Bookshop
Bookseller recommendation
“Greta lives in an un-renovated, uninsulated Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York with her eccentric friend Sabine. Greta transcribes the therapy sessions of the town sex coach, Om, and becomes obsessed with his newest client, a repressed married woman, whom Greta calls Big Swiss. Big Swiss takes you on a wild ride of sexual desire, bad boundaries, bees, miniature donkeys and the messy path toward healing. Perfect for fans of funny, weird, irreverent fiction! ”
— Samantha • A Great Good Place for Books
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“Big Swiss, the new novel by Jen Beagin, is an R-rated, raunchy, funny, and ultimately very moving psychological novel about a transcriptionist to a sex therapist who knows all the dirty secrets of everyone in town, and she uses this knowledge to seduce the wonderful Big Swiss, a woman who's never experienced good sex. It is funny and sometimes sweet, filled with bees, dogs, psychotic ex-lovers, twists and turns, and delightfully naughty characters. I was charmed by this racy book and I wish it had been twice as long. The audiobook, featuring multiple actors, is a real treasure!”
— William • An Unlikely Story
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“Big Swiss is the sort of strange and beautiful novel that you have to read to believe. It's utterly shocking, absolutely hysterical, and beautifully cynical. I laughed out loud on every other page, rolled my eyes at the pervasive hipster things Big Swiss pokes fun at, and thoroughly enjoyed the quirky atmosphere. Raging feminism, bunk psychology, and bisexuality all mix with ennui, infatuation, and humor in Jen Beagin's newest novel, Big Swiss. It's a book you won't want to leave and one your mind will probably still be puzzling over long after you've finished reading it.”
— Emily • The Violet Fox Bookshop
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“If you're looking for a sapphic romp with dark humor that's comparable to Ottessa Moshfegh, look no further than to Big Swiss by Jen Beagin! Greta is a transcriber for a sex therapist and begins a torrid affair with one of his clients after meeting her in their small town dog park. With sarcastic prose, an outlandish narrator, and sapphic shenanigans, this book feels like a fever dream that you will never forget!”
— Haley • The Novel Neighbor
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE
Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, Condé Nast Traveler, Town & Country, and more!
“One of the funniest books of the last few years” (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist’s transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients.
Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss.
One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss’s voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware Greta has eavesdropped on her most intimate exchanges, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she’ll do anything to sustain the relationship…
“A fantastic, weird-as-hell, super funny novel” (Bustle), Big Swiss is both a love story and a deft examination of infidelity, mental health, sexual stereotypes, and more—from an amazingly talented, singular voice in contemporary fiction.
Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a Whiting Award in fiction. Her first novel Pretend I’m Dead was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and Vacuum in the Dark was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. She is also the author of Big Swiss. She lives in Hudson, New York.
