Berlin Stories - Robert Walser

"Over the next few days, we will be running several excerpts from Robert Walser’s Berlin Stories, which have been translated into English for the first time by Susan Bernofsky, and just published in a new edition by New York Review Classics. Walser arrived in Berlin from Switzerland in 1905 and wrote hundreds of short reflections about the city’s charms. As Bernofsky writes in her introduction, 'The chirpy delight some of his narrators take in the city’s hum and bustle also reflects his own status as an outsider who enjoys blending in with the crowd.' The story that follows is drawn from a longer piece. —The Editors"
NYBooks: Berlin and the Artist, In the Electric Tram, Aschinger
NYBooks: A Letter From Susan Bernofsky, Translator of Robert Walser’s Berlin Stories
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