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BerlinStories

内容简介

ANewYorkReviewBooksOriginalIn1905theyoungSwisswriterRobertWalserarrivedinBerlintojoinhisolderbrotherKarl,alreadyanimportantstage-setdesigner,andimmediatelythrewhimselfintothevibrantsocialandculturallifeofthecity.BerlinStoriescollectshisalternatelycelebratory,droll,andsatiricalobservationsoneveryaspectofthebustlingGermancapital,fromitstheaters,cabarets,painters’galleries,andliterarysalons,tothemetropolitanstreet,markets,theTiergarten,rapid-servicerestaurants,andtheelectrictram.Originallyappearinginliterarymagazinesaswellasthefeuilletonsectionsofnewspapers,theearlystoriesarecharacterizedbyajoyousurgencyandthegenerosityofanunconventionalguide.Laterpiecestaketheformofmorepersonalreflectionsonthewritingprocess,memories,andcharacterstudies.Allarefullofcounter-intuitiveimagesandvignettesofstartlingclarity,showcasingauniquetalentforwhomnodetailwastrivial,atgripswithacitydivingheadlongintomodernity.

作者简介

ROBERTWALSER(1878–1956)wasbornintoaGerman-speakingfamilyinBiel,Switzerland.Heleftschoolatfourteenandledawandering,precariousexistencewhilewritinghispoems,novels,andvastnumbersofthe“prosepieces”thatbecamehishallmark.In1933hewasconfinedtoasanatorium,whichmarkedtheendofhiswritingcareer.AmongWalser’sworksavailableinEnglishareJakobvonGunten(availableasanNYRBclassic),TheTanners,Microscripts,TheAssistant,TheRobber,MasqueradeandOtherStories,andSpeakingtotheRose:Writings,1912–1932.JOCHENGREVENistheauthoroffirstGerman-languagePhDdissertationonRobertWalserandtheeditorofWalser’scollectedworksinGerman.Asagraduatestudentinthe1950s,herecognizedthatWalser’s“microscripts”(manuscriptpagescoveredwithtinyhandwritingdiscoveredafterWalser’sdeath)werenotwritteninsecretcodebutwereinfactliterarytextsinstandardGerman.GrevenhasdevotedmorethanfiftyyearstostudyingandeditingWalser’swork.SUSANBERNOFSKYisthetranslatorofsixbooksbyRobertWalseraswellasworksbyJennyErpenbeck,YokoTawada,HermannHesse,GregorvonRezzori,andothers.ThecurrentchairofthePENTranslationCommittee,sheteachesintheMFAPrograminCreativeWritingandLiteraryTranslationatQueensCollege(CUNY)andisatworkonabiographyofWalser.

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