Join us on August 10th at 7:30 PM for a conversation event with Adrian Nathan West, translator of Hermann Burger’s novel Brenner, and critic, local novelist, and Brenner-enthousiast Ken Kalfus.

About the Author and Book:

Hermann Burger was a prize-winning Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist whose writing demonstrates a lifelong fascination with death. Brenner, a final work he considered his best and most honest, is a roman à clef detailing the memories of cigar dynasty heir Hermann Arbogast Brenner as he drives around in his brand new red Ferrari, sharing cigars with friends and reminiscing. Reviewer Charlie Lee called the novel “masterful and devastating.”

About the Speakers:

Adrian Nathan West is an award winning translator and author of the novel My Father’s Diet. His many translations from Spanish, German, and Catalan include Hermann Burger’s Brenner, Marianne Fritz’s The Weight of Things, and Alejo Carpentier’s Explosion in a Cathedral. His essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and many other journals.

Ken Kalfus is the author of three collections of stories and four novels, including A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. His most recent novel, 2 A.M. in Little America, was published last year.