Notes

Notes

Stories about how the books came to be, and about the life in between.

• SingaporeSingapore through the eyes of the author's younger son.2 parts · 10 March 2023 – 14 May 2023
• Upper AustriaA trip into the heartland of one of Austria's federal states: waterfalls, villages, native Austrians.10 parts · 30 July 2021 – 26 September 2021
• CopyrightThree pieces on having to defend his name and his books: a court case, a pseudonym, and the book stalls of 2002.3 parts · 21 July 2021 – 31 January 2022
• The Exhibition: OpinionsAn art exhibition organised by the author's sons in Vienna, and what the visitors said.4 parts · 5 July 2021 – 17 July 2021
• StyriaThree instalments about a trip around Styria.3 parts · 27 June 2021 – 29 June 2021
• The Black TulipThree instalments about a flower that may not exist: a film, legends, and the author's garden.3 parts · 31 May 2021 – 7 June 2021
• A Garden in AustriaAn apple tree, a persimmon, kiwi, poppies and a stranger's daffodil: notes on a garden and what grows in it.8 parts · 22 March 2021 – 23 April 2024
• Travel NotesEisenstadt, Lake Balaton, Carinthia, South Tyrol, Paris and other places the author has visited while living in Europe.9 parts · 13 February 2021 – 28 December 2025
• Austrian ObservationsShort stories from everyday life: a wallet, a homeless man outside a shop, true love, a conversation with a dog.7 parts · 15 January 2021 – 2 March 2022
• Monte CarloEight instalments of one story: a writer, a pocketknife and a casino in Monaco.8 parts · 17 September 2020 – 27 December 2020
• Castle ZaubersdorfSix instalments about a ninth-century Austrian castle that housed an Abwehr school during the war.6 parts · 30 August 2020 – 13 September 2020
• Quartz and GoldA geologist's stories about the stones of Austrian soil, about gold, and about the time he panned gold on the Volga.8 parts · 9 July 2020 – 12 August 2020
• The Twelve Apostles RestaurantThree instalments about a Viennese restaurant.3 parts · 23 June 2020 – 28 June 2020
• The Free City of RustA free city in Burgenland, its history and the storks on its roofs.4 parts · 30 May 2020 – 28 April 2021
• Austria: A Husky DogStories about the husky the author walks through the Austrian woods.3 parts · 25 May 2020 – 27 May 2020
• A Walk in the Time of CoronavirusFive instalments about a walk around the Austrian countryside in spring 2020 and an encounter with the police.5 parts · 18 May 2020 – 20 May 2020
• An Open LetterAn open letter to the head of the script agency “Avtor” about a TV series made from the book “Kill Stalin”. Posted on Instagram on 3 March 2019 as text images; reprinted here.1 parts · 3 March 2019
• The Black ForestEighteen instalments about the war and the author's family: occupation, uncles, a grandfather, a father's service in Germany, and an interrogation record.18 parts · 26 February 2019 – 27 April 2019
• A Writer's PathTwenty-two instalments on how it all began: the newspaper serial “I Am a Thief-in-Law”, the first books, publishers, and the work on the novels.22 parts · 18 November 2018 – 7 February 2019