Vicki Baum: Grand Hotel
Trevor reviews Vicki Baum's Grand Hotel, translated from the German by Basil Creighton, with revisions by Margot Bettauer Dembo. Read the full post.
Otfried Preussler: The Little Water Sprite
Trevor and his four-year-old son Calvin review Otfried Preussler's The Little Water Sprite. Read the full post.
Jakob Wassermann: My Marriage
Trevor reviews a book that will surely make his top ten of 2016 list, Jakob Wassermann's posthumously published autobiographical novel, My Marriage, translated from the German by Michale Hofmann. Read the full post.
Otfried Preussler: The Little Witch
To celebrate Halloween, let's let a little guy come in an review Otfried Preussler's children's book The Little Witch, translated from the German by Anthea Bell. My wife and our four-year-old son review the book. Read the full post.
Ernst Lothar: The Vienna Melody
Lori Feathers reviews Ernst Lothar's 1944 family saga, The Vienna Melody, translated from the German by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, and coming from Europa Editions. Read the full post.
Robert Walser: Fairy Tales
Robert Walser's playful and sophisticated four dramolettes, featuring Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the Christ Child, are now available from New Directions. Trevor reviews Fairy Tales, translated from the German by Daniele Pantano and James Reidel. Read the full post.
Bernhard Wicki: The Bridge
In 1959, Bernhard Wicki adapted Gregor Dorfmeister's anti-war novel, The Bridge, into a film of the same name that would help usher German cinema back to international attention and go on to influence many directors involved in the New German Cinema that flourished in the 1970s. Today, The Criterion Collection is releasing the film on Blu-ray and DVD. Trevor reviews the film and the Criterion Blu-ray edition. Read the full post.
The Eclipse Viewer Episode 29: Early Fassbinder Part I
David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 29: Early Fassbinder Part I. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.
Uwe Tellkamp: The Tower
Lori reviews Uwe Tellkamp's large 2008 novel The Tower, translated from the German by Mike Mitchell. Read the full post.
Marjana Gaponenko: Who Is Martha?
P.T. Smith reviews Marjana Gaponenko's 2012 novel Who Is Martha?, translated from the German by Arabella Spencer. Read the full post.