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  • The Faber Book of Twentieth-Century German Poemsby Michael Hofmann

    Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 14.57

    Rilke, Sachs, Brecht, Celan: German has produced some of the giants of 20th century European poetry. In this new selection, complete with many new translations, Michael Hofmann guides us through the poems, poets and themes of German verse. Meticulously researched but eminently approachable, The Faber Book of Twentieth Century German Poems is an essential... more...

  • Der TVöD - Fluch oder Segen? Eine Analyse zur Einführung eines neuen Tarifvertrages im öffentlichen Dienstby Michael Hofmann

    Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 37.73

    Hauptbeschreibung Im öffentlichen Dienst vollzieht sich eine ständige Entwicklung mit dem Ziel, eine effektivere und effizientere Leistung zu ermöglichen. Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Einführung eines neuen Tarifvertrages, dem Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst (TVöD), der in diesem Sektor eine leistungsorientierte Bezahlung erst ermöglichte.... more...

  • Angina Daysby Günter Eich; Michael Hofmann; Michael Hofmann

    Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 24.95

    This is the most comprehensive English translation of the work of Günter Eich, one of the greatest postwar German poets. The author of the POW poem "Inventory," among one of the most famous lyrics in the German language, Eich was rivaled only by Paul Celan as the leading poet in the generation after Gottfried Benn and Bertolt Brecht. Expertly translated... more...

  • Every Man Dies Aloneby Hans Fallada; Michael Hofmann

    Melville House 2009; US$ 27.00

    Based on a true story, this never-before-translated masterpiece was overlooked for years after its author?a bestselling writer before World War II who found himself in a Nazi insane asylum at war?s end?died just before it was published. In a richly detailed portrait of life in Berlin under the Nazis, it tells the sweeping saga of one working-class... more...

  • In Strange Gardens and Other Storiesby Peter Stamm; Michael Hofmann

    Other Press 2010; US$ 24.95

    With the precision of a surgeon, Peter Stamm cuts to the heart of the fragile and revealing moments of everyday life. They are bankers, students, mothers, or retirees. They live in New York City or somewhere in Switzerland, they work in London or Riga, they cross paths in a Fado bar in Lisbon. They breathe the banal routine of daily life. It... more...

  • On A Day Like Thisby Peter Stamm; Michael Hofmann

    Other Press 2010; US$ 13.99

    A new novel of artful understatement about mortality, estrangement, and the absurdity of life from the acclaimed author of Unformed Landscape and In Strange Gardens On a day like any other, Andreas changes his life. When a routine doctor?s visit leads to an unexpected prognosis, a great yearning takes hold of him?but who can tell if it is homesickness... more...

  • Unformed Landscapeby Peter Stamm; Michael Hofmann

    Other Press 2010; US$ 12.99

    Unformed Landscape begins in a small village on a fjord in the Finnmark, on the northeastern coast of Norway, where the borders between Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia lie covered in snow and darkness, where the real borders are between day and night, summer and winter, and between people. Here, a sensitive young woman like Kathrine finds... more...

  • Hojokiby Kamo no Chomei; Michael Hofmann

    Stone Bridge Press 2009; US$ 12.95

    A luminous translation of the classic Buddhist poem more...

  • Unformed Landscapeby Peter Stamm; Michael Hofmann

    Other Press 2010;

    Unformed Landscape begins in a small village on a fjord in the Finnmark, on the northeastern coast of Norway, where the borders between Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia lie covered in snow and darkness, where the real borders are between day and night, summer and winter, and between people. Here, a sensitive young woman like Kathrine finds... more...

  • On A Day Like Thisby Peter Stamm; Michael Hofmann

    Other Press 2010;

    A new novel of artful understatement about mortality, estrangement, and the absurdity of life from the acclaimed author of Unformed Landscape and In Strange Gardens On a day like any other, Andreas changes his life. When a routine doctor’s visit leads to an unexpected prognosis, a great yearning takes hold of him—but who can tell... more...