The Emigrants (New Directions Paperbook)
Sebald, W. G.
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From Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since October 6, 2017
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Emigrants (New Directions Paperbook)
Publisher: New Directions
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: paperback
Condition: New
About this title
A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund
The four long narratives in The Emigrants appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald reconstructs the lives of a painter, a doctor, an elementary-school teacher, and Great Uncle Ambrose. Following (literally) in their footsteps, the narrator retraces routes of exile which lead from Lithuania to London, from Munich to Manchester, from the South German provinces to Switzerland, France, New York, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. Along with memories, documents, and diaries of the Holocaust, he collects photographs―the enigmatic snapshots which stud The Emigrants and bring to mind family photo albums. Sebald combines precise documentary with fictional motifs, and as he puts the question to realism, the four stories merge into one unfathomable requiem."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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