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W. G. Sebald and Michael Hulse - Vertigo

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A first-person narrative describes a journey from Italy during Napoleon's invasion to a Bavarian village, drawing in the memories of notable persons such as Franz Kafka and Casanova.
 

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A mysteriously overrated writer

Date of Review:  Jun 14, 2002
The Bottom Line: Others have been more impressed by Sebald's literary bric-a-brac.
Review: Even before dying in an automobile accident last December, W. G. Sebald was extravagantly heralded by other writers (Paul Auster, Anita Brookner, Susan Sontag) as a great master. Born in Bavaria in 1944, Sebald wrote in German, though he was a...
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Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Reflections on Stendahl and Casanova
Cons
most of the rest of the ramble
 
 
 

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Authors W. G. Sebald
Fiction Genre Unknown
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Professional Reviews

  Lane, Anthony, New Yorker: "VERTIGO likes to keep us guessing; we are shepherded through incidents that operate...on rules that we struggle to comprehend....Having read the book two or three times, I still can't decide on the tone of [some] events; they feel too perilous for a sacrament, yet too inconclusive to be a plot. What I do know is that, even though some of Sebald's sentences need to be solved as if you were cracking a case, the task of detection never sinks into a hardship. On the contrary, it's a pleasure."

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  Format: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions (October 01, 2001)
Measurements: 7.75"(h) x 5"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.65 lbs.
ISBN: 9780811214858
 

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