Reading: Siegfried Kracauer’s "Georg" in English Translation

Fri Nov 3 05:55:34 EDT 2017

Carl Skoggard reads from his English translation of Kracauer's novel about the Weimar Republic at Open Sesame in downtown Kitchener.

Join us in downtown Kitchener for a reading from the recent translation of Georg. Novel by Siegfried Kracauer, translation (and reading) by Carl Skoggard.
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** Kracauer's Weimar novel, now in English
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Join us as Carl Skoggard reads from his new translation of Siegfried Kracauer’s novel Georg.

** About Georg
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Best known today for his exploration of early German cinema (From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological Study of the German Film), Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966) was the cultural affairs editor at Germany’s leading liberal newspaper during the Weimar Republic.

His novel Georg is a panorama of those pre-Nazi years as seen through the eyes of a rookie reporter. In a defeated nation seething with extremism right and left, young Georg is looking for something to believe in. For him, the past has become unusable; for nearly everyone he meets, paradise seems just around the corner. But which paradise? Kracauer’s grimly funny novel takes on a confused and dangerous time.

Translator Carl Skoggard has translated numerous early 20th-century German works, including lesser known pieces by Walter Benjamin.

** Event Details
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Date: Monday, November 13
Time: 7PM
Location: Open Sesame Store, 220 King St. W., next to Carl Zehr Square (one of the extensions of the Kitchener City Hall building
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Centre Director James Skidmore will moderate a Q&A after the reading. Light refreshments will be served, and those attending will receive a 20% discount on anything they purchase at the store. Copies of Georg will also be available for sale.

This event is co-sponsored by Open Sesame, Publication Studio Hudson, and the Waterloo Centre for German Studies at the University of Waterloo. For further information, please contact Open Sesame (https://wcgs.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3beb03ccd9b149a64146f1eb9&id=04252cf085&e=de7642ba22) (519.954.7722).

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