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Susan bernofsky, one of the preeminent translators of germanlanguage literature, directs the program literary translation at columbia in the mfa writing progam at the columbia university school of the arts. A panel discussion with susan bernofsky, jay cantor, glenn kurtz, and peter mendelsund on. Susan bernofskys literary translations include seven works of fiction by the great swissgerman modernist author robert walser, as well as novels and po. Franz kafka 18831924 was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Susan bernofsky hails from louisiana and is an alumna of the new orleans center for the creative arts. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. Translationista dispatches from the world of literary. The metamorphosis by franz kafka, 9780393347098, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. She succeeds brilliantly, however, with a vivid fidelity to kafka s vision, driving home the way he makes us at once sympathetic to his antihero, gregor samsa, and.
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