Extraterrestrials

The news broadcast one morning by all stations is alarming: an extraterrestrial power has conquered the world overnight. Sol, co-founder of an online magazine, is immediately convinced by the validity of the news item, his wife Astrid is skeptical. After the first global panic has subsided, updates transpire: The aliens are docile; shyly, they avoid all contact; they bring prosperity and peace. There’s just one small catch – they are asking for humans volunteering to be sacrifices. Games are hosted all around in order to determine the chosen ones. Participants are promised huge financial advantages.

With his unique verve and irony, Doron Rabinovici, master of the »finely tuned game of exaggeration« (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), depicts a society that doesn’t need to see aliens to become spooked by itself.

»As if Hieronymus Bosch had stepped through a wormhole into the present day…« Paul Jandl, Neue Zürcher Zeitung

»Rabinovici not only commands the ironic undertone, but he also swings the moral cudgel so cleverly that it makes dark phantasmagoria look like entertainment history. « Stefana Sabin, Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag

» ... a highly topical book that despite its fantastical elements tells us a lot about our political and social daily lives.« Florian Schmid, neues deutschland

»The book is a nuanced plea for civil resistance and the power of documentation and remembrance as an important weapon in the fight against inhumanity.« Michael Winroither, ORF

»With Extraterrestrials, Doron Rabinovici manages to achieve an out-of-the-box, furious diagnosis of the times.« Sebastian Fasthuber, Falter 32/2017

»One thing is for sure: The novel will subsequently not only keep literature controversially occupied.« Gerhard Zellinger, derstandard.at

»An incredibly perceptive, sharply ironic book.« News 32/2017

»Doron Rabinovici’s science fiction novel – a combination of Orson Welles and [...] Kafka – presents with lively dramatic composition and dynamic changes of scenery.« BR 2

»Doron Rabinovici has admirably and captivatingly managed to write a so-called sci-fi novel, one which turns out to be both a warning to the present and a plea against forgetting.« Illustrierte Neue Welt