Yemen Café
Love, war and betrayal: in her new novel, Evelyn Schlag unfolds a confusion of emotions amid chaos, fear and terror.
Jonathan is a doctor and works in a hospital in Sana’a, which is ...
Evelyn Schlag
Evelyn Schlag was born in 1952 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs where she still lives. She studied German and English, and has been awarded numerous prizes including the Anton Wildgans Prize and the Austrian Art Prize. Her most recent publications by Zsolnay are her novel Die große Freiheit des Ferenc Puskás (2011) and her volume of poems verlangsamte raserei (2014).
Slow Motion Frenzy
“…short; the nights are growing shorter.
I’ve been wanting to hear once more
…you... like back then.
all back then. to listen out for the sound of life;
its call.
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Ferenc Puskás's Great Freedom
Two men meet quite by chance on the Austrian-Hungarian border. But what at first seems sheer coincidence rapidly gathers momentum, developing a life of its own that leads them to a common past. ...
moreArchitecture of Love
A fleeting glance, a brief encounter - a man and a woman in the middle of their lives and at the beginning of an intense love affair.
Success seems to follow Parisian architect ...
The L in Laura
When Laura, happily married, and David meet in Lisbon, they immediately know that their lives are going to change. An intricate novel about love, desire and the question of where betrayal ...
moreMust You Sleep Tonight
For almost a decade-and-a-half and with four collections of poems, Evelyn Schlag has been a predominant voice in contemporary poetry. Love and nature are the central topics of her verse, ...
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