Reading Robert Musil, with Rüdiger Campe, Genese Grill, and Mark Mirsky
Join us for a unique evening of readings and discussions of the works of the Austrian writer Robert Musil (1880–1942), author of the Modernist masterpiece The Man without Qualities, the novella The Confusions of Young Törless, and many short stories and essays, as well as plays, reviews, and aphorisms.
This event is a celebration of over a decade of publishing Musil translations with Contra Mundum Press. Mark Mirsky, novelist and editor of Musil’s Diaries and Fiction magazine, will introduce Musil, followed by a short talk by Yale University professor Dr. Rüdiger Campe and a reading by translator and Musil biographer Genese Grill. Mark Mirsky will then moderate a discussion and audience questions.
Monday
20 May 2024
6:00 PM
Full details here.
Translator website.