Sebald, W. G.

Austerlitz

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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
£15.91

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.

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