Storia naturale della distruzione
by:
W.G. Sebald (author)
Ada Vigliani (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788845919237 (8845919234)
Publish date: October 1st 2004
Publisher: Adelphi
Pages no: 149
Edition language: Italian
The first time through much of the book was wasted on me as I am not familiar with the writers Sebald was criticizing. But the first section was pretty amazing. I had no idea really how bad it all was during WWII. I am glad I read the book. Sebald was a very gifted writer whose sentences are quite a...
This book contains four essays, the final three (which I did not read) dealing with three writers I do not know: Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry, Peter Weiss. The opening essay, which anchors the book (and is 48% of the book) deals with the interesting topic of the German cultural amnesia regarding the ...
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