--- title: "Literature Ship: Stefan Sommer—Partypeople" url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-veranstaltung/detail/430296154/literature-ship-stefan-sommer-partypeople.html" description: Book Party with a Reading, Discussion, and Music (in german language) image: "https://www.upperaustria.com/fileadmin/user_upload/upperaustria/Logo_upperuastria_RGB_300x300px_Websites.png" date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Literature Ship: Stefan Sommer—Partypeople Literature Ship: Stefan Sommer—Partypeople ============================================ 02.10.2026 / 19:30 Linz, Cafeteria Frédéric Musikveranstaltung, Vorträge, Lesung, Sonstige Musikveranstaltung ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/451939/0,0.29/8A9AF296A8C2B57765DF3348111381871C68B1299970C9969138F030F4F77690/stefan-sommer.jpg) © Open copyright © Jonas Höschl Close copyright [ ![Black-and-white portrait of a man with short hair and a serious expression against a light background](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/451939/0 "© Jonas Höschl") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/451939/0,0.29/8A9AF296A8C2B57765DF3348111381871C68B1299970C9969138F030F4F77690/stefan-sommer.jpg) Hauptplatz 6 4020 Linz [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Hauptplatz%206%2C%204020%20Linz "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Hauptplatz%206%2C%204020%20Linz "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.30678236&lon=14.28620866&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) [ Event information ](#ttgCollapseBeschreibung) ------------------------------------------------- Book Party with a Reading, Discussion, and Music (in german language) Party People The social novel of our time, set to the rhythm of the social media generationThe first-person narrator in Stefan Sommer’s new novel has everything and nothing: As a successful techno DJ, he’s flown in to private parties thrown by the super-rich, dined on dishes prepared by haute cuisine chefs, and stayed in grand hotels. A life of luxury amid helicopter rides, infinity pools, champagne, and the increasingly grotesque whims of a superstar who is bored with himself and the world. In between: loneliness. Designer drugs and painkillers offer only temporary relief, and even Christian, a married man, quickly vanishes from the DJ’s life. During his relentless whirlwind tour around the world, the narrator eventually realizes that he is running away—from the loss of his mother, who died years earlier. Ever since, he has worn her favorite flowers as a tattoo on his skin—a tender attempt to counter the harshness of the success industry. *\*Partypeople\* takes a* coldly comic*look* at the world of big money: it tells of rich kids, tech oligarchs, performative masculinity, and new capitalism. One hopes for a way out, yet senses that there can be none. Stefan Sommer, born in 1989, grew up in a small Swabian town. Even when he was a toddler, his grandfather predicted that he would likely end up as either a pastor or an actor. Things turned out similarly, yet differently. The thirty-four-year-old author now lives in Munich and works for the *Süddeutsche Zeitung* and *Bayerischer Rundfunk*. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Cafeteria Frédéric** Hauptplatz 6, 4020 Linz Phone[+43 664 4078579](tel:+436644078579) E-Mail[office@bistro-frederic.at](#mailto) Web[www.bistro-frederic.at/cafeteria-ku…](http://www.bistro-frederic.at/cafeteria-kunstuniversitaet-linz/) book a ticket [book a ticket](https://www.literaturschiff.at/veranstaltung/2-10/ "New window") --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Event location ](#ttgCollapseVeranstaltungsorte) ---------------------------------------------------- **Cafeteria Frédéric** Hauptplatz 6, 4020 Linz Phone [+43 664 4078579](tel:+436644078579) E-Mail Web [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Prices ](#ttgCollapsePreise) -------------------------------- **General price information**starting from €16 [book a ticket](https://www.literaturschiff.at/veranstaltung/2-10/ "New window") [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [ book a ticket ](https://www.literaturschiff.at/veranstaltung/2-10/ "New window") [To the website](http://www.bistro-frederic.at/cafeteria-kunstuniversitaet-linz/) powered by [TOURDATA](https://www.tourdata.at "New window") [ ![TOURDATA Logo](https://www.upperaustria.com/fileadmin/templates/global/images/Logo-Tourdata.png "TOURDATA Logo") ](https://www.tourdata.at "New window")