Expect No Mercy – to be published autumn 2026!
My translation of Döblin’s 1934 novel Pardon wird nicht gegeben will be published in October 2026 by Galileo, in a…
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THE BOOKSHELF
Here is a catalogue of all my translations from the German. All those not yet published as books can be…
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Introducing another gem of Modernist German prose The German Reich’s brief foray into overseas colonialism between 1884 and the First…
Read Full PostANCESTOR MURDER – A MOLUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
Without question, History is a process of continual self-liquidation, a kind of endless ‘ancestor murder’. And we, the grandchildren toiling…
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Download the full text translation: Expect No Mercy Parts 1 and 2 Expect No Mercy Part 3 INTRODUCTION Pardon wird…
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A Christmas Tale He considered it “the favourite of all his works”. Yet The Pilgrim Aetheria remained unpublished in his…
Read Full PostAlfred Döblin’s AMAZONAS Trilogy – Contents
The complete English translation of the Amazonas Trilogy is posted here, as PDF downloads and for reading online. Each of…
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Volume One Part 3 : Las Casas and Sukuruya Puerto’s vow ≈ Sermon in the forest ≈ The Inquisition …
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Volume One Part 2 : The Kingdom of Cundinamarca Charles, the Emperor ≈ Ambrosius Alfinger ≈ On the Magdalena River …
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VOLUME 1: JOURNEY TO THE LAND WITHOUT DEATH Translation © C D Godwin 2018 Part One: On the Amazon Departure…
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