Speak, silence : in search of W.G. Sebald / Carole Angier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angier, Carole, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001.

Sebald, W. G.

Authors, German--20th century--Biography.

Authors, German.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 617 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2021.

Summary:

"W. G. Sebald was one of the most extraordinary and influential writers of the twentieth century. Through books including 'The Emigrants', 'Austerlitz' and 'The Rings of Saturn', he pursued an original literary vision that combined fiction, history, autobiography and photography and addressed some of the most profound themes of contemporary literature: the burden of the Holocaust, memory, loss and exile. The first biography to explore his life and work, 'Speak, silence' pursues the true Sebald through the memories of those who knew him and through the work he left behind. This quest takes Carole Angier from Sebald's birth as a second-generation German at the end of the Second World War, through his rejection of the poisoned inheritance of the Third Reich, to his emigration to England, exploring the choice of isolation and exile that drove his work. It digs deep into a creative mind on the edge, finding profound empathy and paradoxical ruthlessness, saving humour, and an elusive mix of fact and fiction in his life as well as work. The result is a unique, ferociously original portrait."--Publisher's web page, https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/speak-silence-9781526634795/

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Beginnings

1. W. G. Sebald

2. Dr Henry Selwyn

pt. II Winfried

3. Wertach, 1944-52

4. II Ritorno in patria

5. Ambros Adelwarth

pt. III Sebe

6. 1952-6

7. 1956-61

8. 1961-3

9. Paul Bereyter

pt. IV Cocky

10. Freiburg, 1963-5

11. Fribourg, 1965-6

12. The Novel

pt. V Max, 1966-70

13. Manchester, 1966

8

14. St Gallen and Manchester, 1968-70

15. Max Ferber

pt. VI MAX, 1970-2001

16. 1970-6

17. 1977-88

18. 1989-96

19. 1997-2001

20. Marie

pt. VII W. G. Sebald

21. To The Emigrants

22. The Rings of Saturn

23. Austerlitz

24. An Attempt at Restitution

pt. VIII Endings

25. Unrecounted.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-599) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781526634795

1526634791

OCLC:

1223070013