Michael Scharang

»This story began in New York, continued in Vienna and ended with the Austrian government fleeing abroad.« This is the first sentence of Michael Scharang’s new novel, Insurrection. What follows is not the revolution but 21 chapters, funny, polemic and challenging, that talk about nothing less than the possibility of a better and fairer world.

Maximilian...

An Egyptian goes to Austria to study mechanical engineering. Before the term begins, he takes an internship at a steelmill. While there, he gets to know a young Austrian and the two become fast...