Benjamin Lytal

Benjamin Lytal lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at the Pratt Institute.
He has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Believer and Bookforum.

Iron Hans Iron Hans

Novelist Hans Fallada resented the constraints of the Nazi era but did not desist in his craft.

Jun 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal

Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction

An appraisal of Rainer Maria Rilke's novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal

The Age of the Wooden Spoon The Age of the Wooden Spoon

The radical subjectivity and reckless politics of Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun find new expression in recent English translations and editions.

May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal

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