My Typewriter and I
So, if you’re going to write, do it properly. If you’re going to write, then write about what really matters. About love, about death, about failure, or maybe even about success and happiness ...
moreThomas Glavinic
Thomas Glavinic was born in Graz in 1972, and lives in Vienna. His debut novel, Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden, was published in 1998, followed by Herr Susi in 2002, Der Kameramörder in 2001, and Wie man leben soll in 2004. Hanser published his novel Die Arbeit der Nacht (2006), which was translated into several languages, as well as Das bin doch ich (novel, 2007), Das Leben der Wünsche (novel, 2009), Lisa (novel, 2010) and Unterwegs im Namen des Herrn (2011). In 2010 he received the Literature Award of the Cultural Committee of German Business.
The Greater Miracle
»He stared at the flapping canvas of the tent. He was so cold that his teeth chattered uncontrollably,
sometimes clamping down on his tongue. He tasted blood but felt no pain. Muted by the ...
On the Road in the Name of the Lord
Thomas Glavinic is in the Balkans, on a pilgrimage towards enlightenment. Unfortunately, nothing comes of it. Worn down by the incessant prayers of his fellow travellers, he tries to escape. His ...
moreLisa
How can a man save himself from an internationally notorious female assassin, whose face no-one knows? For now Lisa is after him. Funny to the bitter end - Thomas Glavinic's novel about the ...
moreWishes Have a Life of Their Own
Jonas pays no attention to the inconspicuous stranger who sits down next to him on the park bench where he is whiling away his lunch break. That is, until he makes an astonishing offer: "Tell me ...
moreIsn't That Me?
"I'm not crazy – which is to say, I'm crazy sometimes, but not right here and now." In a furious torrent of words, Thomas Glavinic unleashes a novel to compete with literature's most hilarious ...
moreNightwork
A man wakes up, alone. Alone in the whole wide world. No other living soul remains. How can he go on? Thomas Glavinic's novel examines the depths of the world we think we know.
Jonas ...