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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
19 December 2011
Summary
Mesmeric, haunting and heartbreakingly tragic. A profound, alluring masterwork of singular genius.
In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and he grows up ignorant of his past. Later in life, after a career as an architectural historian, Austerlitz - having avoided all clues that might point to his origin - finds the past returning t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241951804 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241951801 |
| Author: | W.G. Sebald, James Wood, Anthea Bell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 19 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 117mm |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
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His tale of one man’s odyssey through the dark ages of European history is one of the most moving and true fictions on the postwar world. Sebald is the Joyce of the 21st century * The Times *
A work of obvious genius and an extraordinary writer way above most of his contemporaries * Literary Review *
Anyone with a serious interest in fiction should read Sebald – John Lanchester * Daily Telegraph *
About The Author
W.G. Sebald
W.G. Sebald is one of very few German writers of the last few decades to have attracted both a broad readership in the UK and an international following of journalists and scholars alike. He has proved a huge inspiration not just to younger writers but also to artists and photographers fascinated by the use of imagery and images in his work. His books include The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn and After Nature.
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