On the Natural History of Destruction - Hardcover

Sebald, W. G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241141265 ISBN 13: 9780241141267

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2003

Synopsis

In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. This title explores German writers' strange silence about a moment of mass destruction. The first of W.G. Sebald's non-fiction books to be translated into English, "On the Natural History of Destruction" explores German writers' strange silence about a moment of mass destruction. In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. Six hundred thousand civilians died, and three and a half million homes were destroyed. When it has cast such a very dark shadow over his life and work, Sebald asks, how have so many writers allowed themselves to write it out of their experience and avoid articulating the horror? W.G. Sebald's "On the Natural History of Destruction" sparked a wide-ranging debate in the German press.

About this title

Product Description:

"From the first page of any book by Sebald, one is in the hands of a master" Daily Telegraph

Sparking off a wide-ranging debate in the German press when it was published in 1999, ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION concerns the strange silence surrounding the destruction of German cities through allied bombing in post-war German writing. Now translated into English by Anthea Bell, it confirms Sebald's reputation as one of the most original and stimulating of European writers.

Review:

"From the first page of any book by Sebald, one is in the hands of a master" Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0241141265
• ISBN 13: 9780241141267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224