Mom, not now!

In his columns from everyday life, which have appeared over many years in the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard, Glattauer honors hitherto underappreciated festive occasions (World Digestion Day), describes the pitfalls of public private life in the age of mobile phones, reminisces about traumatic memories from school (Start thinking about letting go!), and confronts the big existential questions (It is what it is). Glattauer finds his themes in his immediate surroundings. His razor-sharp powers of observation and subtle irony make the author from Austria a master of the short form.