The Notes

“[Tess Lewis’s] translation is worthy of her willfully demanding subject, leaping between what Hohl calls the ‘incandescence’ of the aphorism and, in his dream narratives and miniature fairy tales, a shadowy beauty reminiscent of his better-known compatriot Robert Walser.”—Max Norman, Wall Street Journal

“These are meditations so wise and so beautiful, they will make you ache with awe. . . . Translated by the always discerning Tess Lewis, and published by the always reliable Margellos World Republic of Letters series from Yale University Press, The Notes is a gift of the highest order.”—Jeff Deutsch (of Seminary Co-op bookstore), in Literary Hub (“Booksellers Recommend Translations”)

“The Notes should be celebrated: it is wonderful that this volume of [Hohl’s] compact, aphoristic observations has finally arrived in English. Tess Lewis’s triumphant translation must also be cheered, given the demands made by the complex compression of Hohl’s prose.”—Alexandra Sattler, Arts Fuse

“[Translator Tess Lewis’s] rendition of The Notes is a remarkable achievement.”—Ron Slate, On the Seawall

“Ludwig Hohl is a great discovery, an unjustly neglected author.”—Susan Bernofsky, author of Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser