Mark M. Anderson

Mark M. Anderson, a professor of German at Columbia University,
translated Thomas Bernhard's The Loser under the pseudonym Jack
Dawson.

Humboldt’s Gift Humboldt’s Gift

The comic novel Measuring the World re-imagines the lives of two of the nineteenth century's greatest scientists.

Apr 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson

The Poet and the Muse The Poet and the Muse

A new collection of letters between Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome reveals an intimate portrait of a poet and his muse.

Jun 15, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson

Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment

A recent surge of novels and memoirs reveals for the first time the ways in which Germans suffered from Allied "total war" strategy during World War II.

Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson

Bleak Haus Bleak Haus

Though still relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, the Austrian novelist and playwright Thomas Bernhard, who died in 1989 at the age of 57, is widely recognized as ...

Sep 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson

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