This tenth anniversary edition of W. G. Sebald's celebrated masterpiece includes a new Introduction by acclaimed critic James Wood. "Austerlitz" is the story of a man's search for the answer to his life's central riddle. A small child when he comes to England on a "Kindertransport" in the summer of 1939, Jacques Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by the Welsh Methodist minister and his wife who raise him. When he is a much older man, fleeting memories return to him, and obeying an instinct he only dimly understands, Austerlitz follows their trail back to the world he left behind a half century before. There, faced with the void at the heart of twentieth-century Europe, he struggles to rescue his heritage from oblivion.
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This tenth anniversary edition of W. G. Sebald's celebrated masterpiece includes a new Introduction by acclaimed critic James Wood. "Austerlitz" is the story of a man's search for the answer to his life's central riddle. A small child when he comes to England on a "Kindertransport" in the summer of 1939, Jacques Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by the Welsh Methodist minister and his wife who raise him. When he is a much older man, fleeting memories return to him, and obeying an instinct he only dimly understands, Austerlitz follows their trail back to the world he left behind a half century before. There, faced with the void at the heart of twentieth-century Europe, he struggles to rescue his heritage from oblivion.
Imprint | Modern Library Inc |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | December 2011 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | December 2011 |
Authors | W. G. Sebald |
Introduction by | James Wood |
Dimensions | 204 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 298 |
Edition | 10th Anniversary ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8129-8261-9 |
Barcode | 9780812982619 |
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LSN | 0-8129-8261-4 |