Hunger Mountain Translation Prize -- "Silvia" is now published!

The first short story connected with my NEA grant, indeed the first short story I ever translated by Edith Bruck -- it's now published!

Thanks to the Hunger Mountain Translation Prize, you can find the story, which is called "Silvia," at this link:

https://hngrmtn.org/issues/hunger-mountain-27/translation/

My thanks to Allison Grimaldi Donahue who chose the story from the other contest entries and to Ms. Bruck for entrusting me with her work.

This story is about a young German boy who is the son of a high-ranking Nazi official. He finds a Jewish stowaway and brings her home to the horror of his proud Third Reich-worshipping mother. The best line? Tough to say but how about, "You always wanted a little girl."

I can only hope many people find their way to the story. Not only because I translated it but because it reminds us, to quote a line of verse from Bruck, that "once upon a time/there was Auschwitz."

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