A Celebration of the Work of Swiss Writer Robert Walser

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Michael Silverblatt

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With Susan Bernofsky, translator of The Assistant (New Directions), Deborah Eisenberg and Wayne Koestenbaum
The great (and virtually unknown) Swiss writer Robert Walser influenced Kafka and inspired Hermann Hesse. In this tribute, three writers read, discuss and worship Walser, a writer who is like a mouse that roared—small and fragile but out-of-this-world outrageous

Banner image: Robert Walser in the 1890's

Guests:

Susan Bernofsky: author and translator
Deborah Eisenberg: American short-story writer
Wayne Koestenbaum: American poet, writer and critic

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