W. G. Sebald: Silent Catastrophes, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Silent Catastrophes
- Essays in Austrian Literature
- Translation:
- Jo Catling
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 01/2026
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141037028
- Item number:
- 4491549
- Volume:
- 544 Pages
- Weight:
- 200 g
- Format:
- 198 x 129 mm
- Thickness:
- 15 mm
- Release date:
- 22.1.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
'A profoundly affirming book about the potential for literature . . . One of the few essential writers of this generation' The Scotsman
From acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings of Saturn, a collection of essay on the Austrian writers who inspired him
Appearing for the first time in English, Silent Catastrophes brings together W. G. Sebald's essays on the Austrian writers who meant so much to him.
The evolution of Austria from vast empire to diminutive Alpine republic, followed by its annexation by Nazi Germany, had a profound traumatic impact on the literary output of the nation. Essays on the writings of Kafka, Handke, Bernhard and more, explore the concepts of 'home / land', 'borderland' and 'exile' with deep compassion and insight.
A revelation to Sebald's English-language readers, Silent Catastrophes traces many of the themes which animate Sebald's own work and illuminates how melancholy - the contemplation of disaster in progress - is itself a form of resistance.
'One of Europe's most mysterious and best-loved literary imaginations' Evening Standard
Biography (W. G. Sebald)
W.G. Sebald, geb. 1944 in Wertach, ging nach dem Studium in die Schweiz und dann nach England. Sein Werk wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter im Jahr 2000 mit dem Joseph-Breitbach-Preis und dem Heinrich-Heine-Preis. W.G. Sebald starb 2001
