Description: A searing novella about coming of age in a land of tyranny, by one of Germany's most brilliant young authors.
Brief description: Susan Bernofsky is the acclaimed translator of Hermann Hesse, Robert Walser, and Jenny Erpenbeck, and the recipient of many awards, including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize and the Hermann Hesse Translation Prize. She teaches literary translation at Columbia University and lives in New York.
Review Quotes: Her restrained unvarnished prose is overwhelming.--Nicole Krauss