Excerpt from Chapter Two, “The Dead Grandfather,” forthcoming from W.W. Norton Translated by Susan Bernofsky Mit dieser Bewandtnis hing es zusammen, daß der tote Großvater so fremd,…… Read more “Susan Bernofsky, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann”

Jack was indeed sprawled on the bed, alone in the family cabin, far from the town of Banff, finally, deeply asleep and dreaming. As night passed and…… Read more “Gil Adamson, Ridgerunner (an excerpt)”