The Metamorphosis
There’s something really nice about having a classic novel or collection of short stories gathered into a pretty little book. It’s perfect for travel.
Michael Hofmann (Translator)
Translator.
Michael Hofmann (August 25th, 1957 — ) is a poet, literary critic, and translator. He has worked in multiple universities and won several awards for his translations and writing. He has lived in Germany, England, Australia, and the USA. He has written seven published works and translated dozens of German-language texts into English.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
The reader is treated to scenes, vignettes, lush descriptions of the landscape and the culture. Sit back and enjoy it. If you’re waiting for the plot to carry you, it just isn’t going to happen — and that’s not what Berlin Alexanderplatz is trying to accomplish.
Party in the Blitz
This is a book that primarily about people and about parties, with descriptions of them that are at once acidic and amusing, and can also be seen as an extensive critique of English society at this moment in history. This is a review of Elias Canetti’s Party in the Blitz (Party im Blitz).