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Silent catastrophes : essays / W.G. Sebald ; translated from the German and with an introduction by Jo Catling.

Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001 (author.). Catling, Jo, (translator.). Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001 Container of (expression): Beschreibung des Unglücks. English. (Added Author). Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001 Container of (expression): Unheimliche Heimat. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Silent Catastrophes brings together the two books W.G. Sebald wrote on the Austrian writers who meant so much to him: The Description of Misfortune and Strange Homeland, published in Austria in 1985 and 1991. As a German in self-chosen exile from his country of birth, Sebald found a particular affinity with these writers from a neighboring nation. The traumatic evolution of Austria from vast empire to diminutive Alpine republic, followed by its annexation by Nazi Germany, meant that concepts such as "home/land," "borderland" and "exile" occupy a prominent role in its literature, just as they would in Sebald's own"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400067725
ISBN: 1400067723
Physical Description: xxxi, 510 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The description of misfortune: on Austrian literature from Stifter to Handke -- Strange Homeland: essays on Austrian literature.