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Thomas Glavinic


Born
in Graz, Austria
April 02, 1972

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


The former writer of advertising copy and taxi driver emerged with his 1998 debut novel Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw. The novel describes the life of chess master Carl Schlechter. The book received several awards and has been translated into other languages, but did not make it onto the bestseller lists. The novel has autobiographical aspects: Thomas Glavinic played his first chess game at the age of five and in 1987 he achieved second place in the Austrian chess rankings for his age group.

The novel Herr Susi (Mr. Susi) followed in 2000. Written in hard prose, it is a statement against the football business, and received mainly negative reviews from the critics. In 2001, the criminal novel Der Kameramörder (The Camera Murderer) (awarded ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 8,722 ratings · 612 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors
Das größere Wunder
4.34 avg rating — 2,775 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions
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Der Kameramörder
3.32 avg rating — 1,752 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions
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Night Work
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3.23 avg rating — 1,377 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions
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Wie man leben soll
3.43 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions
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Das Leben der Wünsche
3.27 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions
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Das bin doch ich
3.69 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Der Jonas-Komplex
3.89 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions
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Carl Haffner's Love of the ...
3.98 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions
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Lisa
2.93 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Unterwegs im Namen des Herrn
3.44 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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“Denn die, die wir lieben vermissen wir nicht so sehr, wenn es uns schlecht geht, sondern noch mehr in Momenten des Glücks.”
― Thomas Glavinic
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“In ihm fiel eine Schranke, und er ging ein in die Zeitlosigkeit der Träume”
― Thomas Glavinic, Das Leben der Wünsche
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“Eine Sekunde, gerade vorübergegangen, unbeobachtet geblieben, wertlos geworden, eine von Milliarden und Abermilliarden”
― Thomas Glavinic, Das Leben der Wünsche
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