Shelley Frisch

About The Author

Shelley Frisch’s award-winning translations from German include biographies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Leni Riefenstahl, and Franz Kafka. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Books by Shelley Frisch

The Zookeepers' War

An Incredible True Story from the Cold War

By J.W. Mohnhaupt

Translated by Shelley Frisch

The unbelievable true story of the Cold War’s strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall.

“The liveliness of Mohnhaupt’s storytelling and the wonderful eccentricity of his subject matter make this book well worth a read.” —Star Tribu...

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I'm Off Then

Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago

By Hape Kerkeling

Translated by Shelley Frisch

“Written with a gentle, wry humor that recalls Bill Bryson,” (The New York Times), this international bestseller about a modern pilgrimage by one of Germany’s most popular comedic entertainers has struck a nerve.

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