Franz Fühmann (1922–1984) was one of modern Germany’s most fascinating literary figures and the author of dozens of novels, short stories, essays, poems, ballets, and children's books. Isabel Fargo Cole is a United States-born, Berlin-based writer and translator. She is the initiator and coeditor of No Man's Land, an online magazine for new German literature in English.

"Cole’s wonderful translation splits the difference between contemporary English and epic grandiosity, and will assist the reader encountering Fühmann’s work for the first time—as will the stunning collages by illustrator Sunandini Banerjee, which incorporate deep colors between a mix of chaotic and structured figure drawing. . . . a dynamic gut-punch of horror and sexuality in poetically bulging prose."

• 1. The Beloved of the Dawn2. Hera and Zeus3. Marsyas4. The Net of Hephaistos

Franz Fühmann (1922–1984) was one of modern Germany’s most fascinating literary figures and the author of dozens of novels, short stories, essays, poems, ballets, and children's books. Isabel Fargo Cole is a United States-born, Berlin-based writer and translator. She is the initiator and coeditor of No Man's Land, an online magazine for new German literature in English.

"Cole’s wonderful translation splits the difference between contemporary English and epic grandiosity, and will assist the reader encountering Fühmann’s work for the first time—as will the stunning collages by illustrator Sunandini Banerjee, which incorporate deep colors between a mix of chaotic and structured figure drawing. . . . a dynamic gut-punch of horror and sexuality in poetically bulging prose."

• 1. The Beloved of the Dawn2. Hera and Zeus3. Marsyas4. The Net of Hephaistos