Elias Hirschl - Reading "Loops"

Elias Hirschl was born in 1994 in Vienna. He is an author, musician, slam poet, and writes for theater and radio. In 2020, he received the Reinhard-Priessnitz Prize and in 2022, the Audience Award at the Bachmann Prize. His latest novels published by Zsolnay are "Salonfähig" (2021), "Content" (2024), and "Schleifen" (2026). Elias Hirschl lives in Vienna.

"Schleifen"
Franziska Denk grows up in the environment of the Vienna Circle and suffers from a strange illness as a child: she immediately develops every symptom she hears or reads about. In Otto Mandl, a brilliant mathematician, young Franziska finds her soulmate. She learns to immunize herself against her suffering with words from dead languages. The two develop an absolute obsession with language and research together, pushing the boundaries in search of the perfect language.

"Schleifen" is a grand, intelligent novel about the power and influence of language on our lives, which is truly enjoyable to read. Time and again, the seemingly unbelievable turns out to be true in Elias Hirschl's work, while the rest is extremely well invented.

Following "Content," this is the new novel by Elias Hirschl – "A grand novel of ideas by one of the most delightful authors of our time." Clemens J. Setz