In a powerful response to a growing crisis, Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel explores questions about race, immigration, refugees and European identity. Translated by Susan Bernofsky.
Translated by Susan Bernofsky
Susan Bernofsky
Susan Bernofsky was born in Cleveland, USA, in July 1966.
She has translated works by Robert Walser, Hermann Hesse, Gregor von Rezzori, Yoko Tawada, Ludwig Harig and Franz Kafka. Bernofsky is the author of Foreign Words: Translator-Authors in the Age of Goethe and her translation of The Old Child and Other Stories was awarded the 2006 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.
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