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Gert Hofmann: The Parable of the Blind

July 6, 2016July 26, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gert Hofmann’s The Parable of the Blind, translated from the German by Christopher Middleton. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Gert Hofmann Tags 1980s, 1985, German 5 Comments

Joseph Roth: The Leviathan

July 5, 2016June 12, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Joseph Roth’s The Leviathan, translated from the Germany by Michael Hofmann. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Joseph Roth Tags 1930s, 1938, German, New Directions 7 Comments

Gert Hofmann: Lichtenberg & the Little Flower Girl

June 27, 2016February 15, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gert Hofmann’s Lichtenberg & the Little Flower Girl, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Gert Hofmann Tags 1990s, 1994, German, New Directions 9 Comments

Heinrich Böll: The Clown

June 27, 2016January 22, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Heinrich Böll’s The Clown. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Heinrich Böll Tags 1960s, 1963, German, Nobel Prize 7 Comments

Jenny Erpenbeck: Visitation

June 19, 2016September 8, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jenny Erpenbeck’s Visitation, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jenny Erpenbeck Tags 2000s, 2008, German, New Directions 9 Comments

W.G. Sebald: The Rings of Saturn

June 6, 2016January 29, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn, translated from the German by Michael Hulse. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, W.G. Sebald Tags 1990s, 1995, German, New Directions 9 Comments

W.G. Sebald: The Emigrants

May 27, 2018September 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.

Categories Book Reviews, W.G. Sebald Tags 1990s, 1993, German, New Directions 5 Comments

Robert Walser: The Tanners

May 26, 2018September 3, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Robert Walser’s 1907 novel, The Tanners, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky.

Categories Book Reviews, Robert Walser Tags 1900s, 1907, German, New Directions 9 Comments

Kevin Vennemann: Close to Jedenew

January 11, 2018March 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Keven Vennemann’s 2005 novella, Close to Jedenew, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin.

Categories Book Reviews, Kevin Vennemann Tags 2000s, 2005, German 7 Comments

W.G. Sebald: Vertigo

November 3, 2017February 16, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews W.G. Sebald’s 1990 book, Vertigo, translated from the German by Michael Hulse.

Categories W.G. Sebald Tags 1990, 1990s, German 10 Comments
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