Memoir Archives - The Mookse and the Gripes

Béla Zombory-Moldován: The Burning of the World: A Memoir of 1914

August 6, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Béla Zombory-Moldován’s The Burning of the World: A Memoir of 1914, translated from the Hungarian by the author’s grandson Peter Zombory-Moldován, and just out from NYRB Classics. This is the first time this exceptional memoir has been available in any language. Read the full post.

Anna Seghers: Transit

June 5, 2014June 4, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

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.

Friedrich Reck: Diary of a Man in Despair

June 5, 2014February 21, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

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.