The Happy Secret
Early one morning, a young man sets off on his bike along the city streets. Where he goes and what he does remains a secret. When he returns, he’s exhausted – but often happy. For decades, ...
moreArno Geiger
Arno Geiger, born 1968, lives in Vienna and Wolfurt. His work is published by Hanser, most recently Alles über Sally (2010), Der alte König in seinem Exil (2011), Selbstporträt mit Nilpferd (2015) and Unter der Drachenwand (2018). He has received the German Book Prize (2005), the Hebel Prize (2008), the Hölderlin Prize (2011), the Literature Prize of the Adenauer Foundation (2011), the Alemannic Literature Prize (2017), the Breitbach Prize (2018) and the Bremen Literature Prize (2019).
The Cock’s Crow
“When writing, I take my characters for what they are, heroes or villains – whether I like it or not. On the level of content, this is my form of literary integrity.” It is this integrity ...
moreBeneath Drachenwand Mountain
Mondsee, Austria, 1944
Life and love in the shadow of history
Veit Kolbe spends a few months by Lake Mondsee at the foot of the Drachenwand mountain in Austria where he meets two ...
Self-Portrait with Pygmy Hippo
A story of separation, love, and a hippo that knows nothing about either. Arno Geiger writes about the difficulties of growing up in a bewildering world.
Twenty-two-year-old Julian ...
The Old King in Exile
If you lose your power of thought, what kind of life is that? In this deeply moving book, Arno Geiger tells the story of his father's life - the story of a man whose vitality and wit cannot be ...
moreAll About Sally
Sally isn't very nice to her husband and she doesn't treat her lover much better. But she's smart, charming and witty – exactly the sort of woman you want to know everything about: a dazzling ...
moreDon't Forget Anna
After a string of defeats, Lukas bids farewell to Berlin and, in keeping with his track record, spends the last night before his return to Vienna on the spare sofa of a bone- weary waitress. In ...
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