In ‘The Third Walpurgis Night’ Karl Kraus Dissects Nazi Discourse
A far-sighted study on the language of Nazism, the book by Austria’s great satirist is finally available in a full English translation.
Europe’s Essence
Robert Menasse’s award-winning The Capital is a dark but affectionate satire on the European idea. Robert Menasse has long been preoccupied with the implications of historical crisis for social cohesion. A provocative yet eloquent critic of the Austrian political and …
Reunited in Language
Arno Geiger’s playful and moving memoir “The Old King in his Exile” discovers a world of imagination in his father’s dementia. There are probably few things that touch us more fundamentally than the loss of a parent. Through the creeping …
“Angel of Oblivion” by Maja Haderlap | A History of Violent Persecution
Maja Haderlap’s debut novel Angel of Oblivion confronts the past in Austria’s borderlands.
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler is a Sparse but Stirring Narrative of Alpine Living
Andreas Egger lives a life bordering on the vegetative, both figuratively and literally: His dwelling is high above the valley, at the tree line; and his days are mostly passed in wordless labor.
Books | Vicki Baum’s Grand Hotel
Vicki Baum’s classic international bestseller Grand Hotel: a lucid, affectionate depiction of a society in crisis
In “The Tobacconist” Author Robert Seethaler has Freud Swapping Psychotherapy for a few Fine Cigars
The Tobacconist, a bestselling novel by the award-winning Viennese writer Robert Seethaler, tackles coming of age on the eve of war and shows a sentimental side of Freud.
Books | Austrian Novelist Michael Köhlmeier Grapples with his Daughter’s Death
Austrian Michael Köhlmeier’s reinvention of the novel with Idyll with Drowning Dog and Madalyn
