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ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION
by SEBALD, W.G
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375504842
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504846
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated First edition. 202 pages. Illustrated. Translated by Anthea Bell. Interior fine, no marks,, etc. In a near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. Jacket is in a mylar protector.
Synopsis
W.G. Sebald completed this extraordinary and important -- and already controversial -- book before his untimely death in December 2001. On the Natural History of Destruction is W.G. Sebald's harrowing and precise investigation of one of the least examined "silences" of our time. In it, the acclaimed novelist examines the devastation of German cities by Allied bombardment, and the reasons for the astonishing absence of this unprecedented trauma from German history and culture.This void in history is in part a repression of things -- such as the death by fire of the city of Hamburg at the hands of the RAF -- too terrible to bear. But rather than record the crises about them, writers sought to retrospectively justify their actions under the Nazis. For Sebald, this is an example of deliberate cultural amnesia; his analysis of its effects in and outside Germany has already provoked angry and painful debate.Sebald's incomparable novels are rooted in meticulous observation; his essays are novelistic. They include his childhood recollections of the war that spurred his horror at the collective amnesia around him. There are moments of black humour and, throughout, the unmatched sensitivity of Sebald's intelligence. This book is a vital study of suffering and forgetting, of the morality hidden in artistic decisions, and of both compromised and genuine heroics.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Studio Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 091543
- Title
- ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION
- Author
- SEBALD, W.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375504842
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504846
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 224
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