In his first review for The Mookse and the Gripes, P.T. Smith reviews Peter Weiss’s 1961 novel, Leavetaking, translated from the German by Christopher Levenson, and just reissued by Melville House in their Neversink Library. Read the full post.
Lee reviews Andreas Maier’s “memoir,” The Room, translated from the German by Jamie Lee Searle, and just out from Frisch & Co. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Jeremias Gotthelf’s 1842 horror novel, The Black Spider, just out in a new translation from Susan Bernofsky. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s collection of stories, A Schoolboy’s Diary, translated from the German by Damion Searls.
Trevor reviews Anna Seghers’ semi-autobiographical 1944 novel about those attempting to escape World War II by flocking to Marseille, Transit, translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Friedrich Reck’s World War II journal entries that end when he was executed, collected in Diary of a Man in Despair, translated from the German by Paul Rubens. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Benjamin Stein’s The Canvas, translated from the German by Brian Zumhagen. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s The Walk, translated from the German by Christopher Middleton, with Susan Bernofsky. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Stefan Zweig’s 1927 novella, Confusion, translated from the Germany by Anthea Bell. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s Berlin Stories, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky.