Sebald, W. G.
Austerlitz
- ISBN 13:
- 9780812982619
- author:
- Sebald, W. G.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Modern Library
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 298
- Dimensions:
- 1.7 x 14 x 21 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Historical, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz is a powerful and haunting work of historical imagination that explores the universal human search for identity. A man's life is marked by a central riddle, one he struggles to answer as he searches for his true heritage. Haunted by fleeting memories, he embarks on a journey to reclaim his past, tracing the trail of his family's history across Europe. Through a thirty-year conversation with an unnamed narrator, Sebald's protagonist grapples with the void at the heart of twentieth-century Europe, seeking to rescue his legacy from oblivion.