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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Catling, Jo, translator.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Austrian literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Austrian literature.

Austrian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

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

Sebald, W. G.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Essays.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 510 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2025]

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.

Contents:

The description of misfortune: on Austrian literature from Stifter to Handke

Strange Homeland: essays on Austrian literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Container of: Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001. Beschreibung des Unglücks. English.

Container of: Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001. Unheimliche Heimat. English.

Other Format:

Online version: Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001. Silent catastrophes.

ISBN:

9781400067725

1400067723

OCLC:

1493078199