Sander Berg
A linguist and a polyglot, Sander Berg is Head of Modern Languages at Harrow School and the author of several translations from French, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese.
BOOKS BY THIS TRANSLATOR
Death in Venice
By Thomas Mann
Considered by many to be Mann’s masterpiece, Death in Venice, first published in 1912 and based on the author’s own stay in Venice the previous year, is presented here in a sparkling new translation by Sander Berg.
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War
Written in around 1934, only a couple of years after Journey to the End of the Night, War shares its protagonist, its setting and many of its themes with Céline’s most celebrated novel. Its manuscript, considered lost after being looted during the Liberation of Paris, re-emerged in France in 2020, s…
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Candide
By Voltaire
Published in 1759, when it became a best-seller and stirred up much controversy, Candide is an exhilarating picaresque romp and a biting satire by one of the Enlightenment’s major figures that still resonates to this day. Presented here in a new translation by Sander Berg, this edition contains an e…
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Cheese
Skewering the pomposity of big business while revealing how an entrepreneurial spirit can often be a mask for buffoonery, Willem Elsschot’s Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to a…
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