托馬斯•格拉維尼奇（Thomas Glavinic），當今奧地利最受矚目的年輕作傢之一，1972年齣生於奧地利格拉茨，在踏入文壇之前曾當過農場工人、齣租車司機、廣告文案撰寫人。1998年開始發錶作品，處女作《喜歡平局的卡爾•哈佛納》入圍德國《每日電訊報》年度最佳圖書奬，2000年齣版《蘇希先生》，2002年的作品《攝像機殺手》獲得德語偵探小說大奬——“葛勞斯奬”，2004年齣版的《人該怎麼活》入圍2007年德國圖書奬。目前已有兩部作品被改編成電影。

《一個人到世界盡頭》齣版於2006年8月，並於當年獲得奧地利國傢文學促進奬。

The routine of daily life is such that one goes to sleep with the security that tomorrow will arrive, just as it did today.

Jonas, a young professional in contemporary Vienna, wakes up one morning to discover that he may be the last living being on earth. The highways are empty. The restaurants are empty. The animals have disappeared. The radio only emits white noise and the internet is down. No one answers his phone calls.

Night Work is a fast-paced, psychological thriller, exploring the darkness that lies deep within us all. With skilled, efficient prose, Glavinic unsettles our notion of the human condition and the artifice of civilization, peeling back the onion to reveal our greatest fears, that no one is in charge and that something unthinkable and unjust is about to occur. Night Work is a small gem of a book, unlike any other you’ve read.