Overview

• On July 1, Colbert shared a video on Instagram to unveil “The Director” as his book club’s July selection and invited viewers to join upcoming discussions.
• Originally published in German in 2023 as “Lichtspiel,” the novel made its English debut earlier this year.
• The historical fiction centers on pioneering filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst and explores his artistic choices within authoritarian constraints.
• Daniel Kehlmann, a multi-award-winning author who splits his time between Germany and the United States, is one of the few German-language writers to achieve significant American success.
• Colbert launched the club in June with Samantha Harvey’s Umlaufbahnen, using his late-night platform to foster a shared reading community.