by Michael Hulse (Translator), Michael Hulse (Translator), W. G. Sebald (Author)
At first "The Emigrants" appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish emigres in the twentieth century. But gradually, as Sebald's precise, almost dreamlike prose begins to draw their stories, the four narrations merge into one overwhelming evocation of exile and loss. Written with a bone-dry sense of humour and a fascination with the oddness of existence "The Emigrants" is highly original in its heady mix of fact, memory and fiction and photographs.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 1st Vintage Book Edition
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 01 Jan 2002
ISBN 10: 0099448882
ISBN 13: 9780099448884
Book Overview: An innovative twentieth-century classic from a major European author