From Here to There By Peter Rosei, Translated and Afterword by Kathleen Thorpe

Karl, a petty drug addict and dealer is always on the move, never reaching a final destination, defying death on his motorcycle in the spirit of Easy Rider while on his search for an authentic existence. The typically Austrian juxtaposing of a lust for life and a longing for death lends the novel a fascinatingly precarious quality of static dynamism. Suspended between salvation and perdition in a subliminal, timeless drift, Karl's existence is transformed into an aesthetic quest by the lyrical quality of the language, which elevates the banality of everyday life to the status of the remarkable.