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.

托马斯•格拉维尼奇（Thomas Glavinic），当今奥地利最受瞩目的年轻作家之一，1972年出生于奥地利格拉茨，在踏入文坛之前曾当过农场工人、出租车司机、广告文案撰写人。1998年开始发表作品，处女作《喜欢平局的卡尔•哈佛纳》入围德国《每日电讯报》年度最佳图书奖，2000年出版《苏希先生》，2002年的作品《摄像机杀手》获得德语侦探小说大奖——“葛劳斯奖”，2004年出版的《人该怎么活》入围2007年德国图书奖。目前已有两部作品被改编成电影。

《一个人到世界尽头》出版于2006年8月，并于当年获得奥地利国家文学促进奖。