Michael Hofmann
Michael Hofmann
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2001
Books by Michael Hofmann
What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933
E Book, 2011
"[Joseph Roth] is now recognized as one of the twentieth century's great writers."—Anthony Heilbut, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Kairos
Hardback, 2023
Jenny Erpenbeck’s much anticipated new novel Kairos is a complicated love story set amidst swirling, cataclysmic events as the GDR collapses and an old world evaporates
Kairos
E Book
Jenny Erpenbeck’s much anticipated new novel Kairos is a complicated love story set amidst swirling, cataclysmic events as the GDR collapses and an old world evaporates
Kairos
Paperback, 2024
Now in paperback, Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos is a dramatic love story that unfolds as the GDR implodes—“an intimate account of obsessive, transgressive passion” (Claire Messud, Harper’s)
The Living Statue: A Legend
Paperback, 2025
A newly discovered and translated jewel of a story from the Nobel laureate
The Living Statue: A Legend
E Book
A newly discovered and translated jewel of a story from the Nobel laureate
The Hothouse
Paperback, 2026
On the anniversary of Wolfgang Koeppen’s 120th year, the two-remaining works in his postwar trilogy in Michael Hofmann’s spectacular translation
The Hothouse
E Book
On the anniversary of Wolfgang Koeppen’s 120th year, the two-remaining works in his postwar trilogy in Michael Hofmann’s spectacular translation
Death in Rome
Paperback, 2026
“In a brilliant translation of this great German novel, Michael Hofmann has illuminated a dark corner of recent European history. A forgotten masterpiece.” — Evening Standard
Death in Rome
E Book
“In a brilliant translation of this great German novel, Michael Hofmann has illuminated a dark corner of recent European history. A forgotten masterpiece.” — Evening Standard