Prétend is now available from End of the Line Press!
Praise for Prétend
"a clever, sexy, moving & playful novel about literary translation, control, language, & selfhood.” - Jen Calleja, translator and author of Vehicle: a verse novel, Dust Sucker, and I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For
"As its protagonist cycles through names, cultures and countries in a journey of self and soul, Burgdorf's passion for language itself is a beautiful lodestar, a leitmotif woven into the fabric of the story. Like a knife to a whetstone, Prétend gives off sparks." - Alex Manley, author of the New Masculinity and translator of Made-Up
"Burgdorf’s writing is poetic and captivating" - The Washington City Paper
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