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The newly-translated version of W.G. Sebald's prose poem After Nature helps Terry Eagan understand the roots of the novelist's themes.
AFTER NATURE BY W.G. SEBALD Random House Originally published 1988 in German, this newly translated edition sheds light on W.G. Sebald's earliest explorations of the themes he would return to again and again in his novels. Sebald, himself originally from Germany, settled in England in the late sixties ...
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Spanning several categories -- from music to books, technology to world events -- Eric J. Iannelli offers his Top 19 for the year 2001.
TOP 19 OVERALL OF 2001 recommendations by Eric J. Iannelli 1) Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald, (Random House) In his fourth novel, Sebald has once again pushed the limits of his sui generis fiction. He is one of the only -- if not THE only -- contemporary authors doing anything of note. 2) Spoon, Girls ...
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Terry Eagan offers up a list of the 19 diversions that brought him the most pleasure in 2001.
... . These are two things that shouldn't work but for some reason do. Just make sure the boss isn't around when you watch it. 11. Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald (Random House) The Holocaust is the decisive event of the last century and the gray pall it casts continues to dominate the politics, art, and religion ...
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Aleksandar Hemon's Nowhere Man follows the adventures of Jozef Pronek, a young Sarajevan stranded in Chicago. Terry Eagan shares his insight on this work examining identity and roles.
... underlying this work. Many commentators have noted this work as being evocative of Nabokov, yet one could as easily locate Milan Kundera and W.G. Sebald in Hemon's sphere of influence. Hemon's desperate lyricism captures the reader's attention from the start and holds sway over it. His trenchant observations ...
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