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Editor's Foreword
As noted in the previously released Pierre Menard versions of the Alexander Blok lyric "A Girl Sang in a Church Choir," the famous Quixote translator, having relocated to Bexley, in Greater London--the date of this move is unclear, though it was certainly after the summer of 1913, which he spent in Nimes--returned to the study of Russian, a lifelong pursuit, and, not unsurprisingly, turned his attention to the translation of some of the remarkable poetry then being published in Russia and, subsequently, the incipient USSR... (continued in post)
German | Germany | Short Fiction
January, 2013Fleeing a bad economy, the narrator of "Here, It's Quiet" leaves her beloved Berlin to take a job in a sedate, southern German city. Adjusting to her new home, she misses the noise and grittiness of the city she left behind, as well as the boyfriend who refused to come with her. She spends her evenings at the opera and visits the museum during her lunch hour, engaging with art as a way of escaping her banal work life and inuring herself from her personal turmoil. This story from a 2004 collection touches on themes author Anna Katharina Hahn continued to explore in her most recent novel, Am Schwarzen Berg, in particular the conflict between a lifestyle centered on an appreciation for art and the economic choices necessary to support that lifestyle.
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