Night Train to Lisbon

novel by Pascal Mercier (Peter Bieri)
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1962934
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Summary

Night Train to Lisbon is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,065 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Peter Bieri[3]
  • Depicts: chess[4], travel[5], resistance movement[6]
  • Place of publication: Germany[7]
  • Language of work or name: German[8]
  • Country of origin: Switzerland[9]
  • Publication date: 2004[10]
  • Has edition or translation: Q121965101[11]
  • Narrative location: Lisbon[12], Gymnasium Kirchenfeld[13], Bern[14]
  • Main subject: Estado Novo[15], personal identity[16]
  • Title: Nachtzug nach Lissabon[17], Treno di notte per Lisbona[18], Tren nocturno a Lisboa[19], Train de nuit pour Lisbonne[20], Nychterino treno gia te Lisabona[21], Nachttrein naar Lissabon[22], Trenul de noapte spre Lisabona[23], Nattog til Lissabon[24], Lizbon'a gece treni[25], Rakevet lailah le-Lisbon[26], Nocny pociag do Lizbony[27], Nocnoj poezd na Lissabon[28], Nocni voz za Lisabon[29], Night train to Lisbon[30]
  • First line: Der Tag, nach dem im Leben von Raimund Gregorius nichts mehr sein sollte wie zuvor, begann wie zahllose andere Tage.[31]
  • Set in period: 20th century[32]
  • Last line: Als sich die Tür hinter ihm schloß, begann es zu regnen.[33]
  • Derivative work: Night Train to Lisbon[34]
  • Quotes work: Essays[35], The Book of Disquiet[36]
  • Form of creative work: novel[37]

Why It Matters

Night Train to Lisbon has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'he', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pt', 'ur', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 13
    Bookbrainz work id → c82339bd-000b-4edf-b4d6-2651623bb326
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  2. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → German
    Country of origin → Switzerland
    Author → Peter Bieri
    Instance of → literary work
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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