“Every life has many possible endings, but only one true one.” Chapter 1: The Infant’s Death The novel opens in early 20th-century Galicia, where a Jewish family mourns […]
German literature
Go, Went, Gone
“The law is the law, but the law is also an ass.” Chapter 1: The Professor’s Isolation Richard, a recently retired classics professor in Berlin, finds himself adrift […]
German literature
Visitation
“The gardener knows that nothing lasts. The gardener knows better than anyone that everything passes.” Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck is a haunting, fragmented novel that traces the lives […]