»A grand document of literary disillusion, inebriated by language.« (NZZ)
»They are formulas which, in an uncomfortable way, are made up of language itself …« (Elfriede Jelinek)
Several theatre classics, translated into »Schwabian«.
A surreal chamber play in the far north, in which a promising cultural assignment becomes a bloody nightmare for a young woman.
Testimonials of one of the most important Austrian authors of the 1990s
Besides Schwabs numerous plays, this is his first published novel.
Outrageously captivating stories about encounters – where the rubber meets the road.
An intelligent read: dramatic, erotic, captivating.
What is love? Why can love come and go? Where does love go when it goes?
And what is happening to the current love?
Thomas Stangl seduces us beyond the boundaries of reality into unexpected fictional realities and writes as playfully and fabulously as never before.
It is always beneficial to reflect on literature in basic and unusual contexts instead of categorizing it in terms of writing and reading – and Thomas Stangl is a master of this art.
A hypnotic meditation on our present time and the role art plays in it, and in our life. It is a novel full of magic moments – and also Stangl’s most political book so far.
»Stangl is opening doors of perception to us. He works to re-write the lost time. This is a piece of literature in which I feel very free.« (Iris Radisch)
A plea for tolerance as a way to enforce basic rights.
The literary scholar, critic and essayist Daniela Strigl takes us to her eloquent, amusing and surprising thought games about laziness in literature and life.
Unadorned depictions of a barely repressed nightmare in a suburban idyll
»It’s impossible not to be enthralled by the pithy, suggestive style of Strobel.« (Werner Schuster)
Bernhard Strobel makes fun of toxic masculinity in such a wonderfully funny way and cleverly spells out how a man gets himself further and further into trouble.