Austerlitz. English
Austerlitz by Winfried Georg Sebald is a reprint edition published by Modern Library in 2001, featuring 298 pages in English. This book presents the story of Jacques Austerlitz, who arrives in England as a small child on a Kindertransport in 1939. Raised by a Welsh Methodist minister and his wife, Austerlitz grows up unaware of his true family. As an adult, he begins to experience fleeting memories that compel him to seek answers about his past and the heritage he has lost.
Readers will find Austerlitz exploring themes of identity and memory as Austerlitz embarks on a journey to uncover the truth of his origins. The narrative delves into the complexities of his experiences and the historical context of twentieth-century Europe. This edition includes a new Introduction by critic James Wood, adding further depth to Sebald’s exploration of personal and collective history.
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This tenth anniversary edition of W. G. Sebald’s celebrated masterpiece includes a new Introduction by acclaimed critic James Wood.Austerlitzis 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 aKindertransportin 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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