On the Natural History of Destruction

On the Natural History of Destruction
Author: W.G. Sebald
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2011-06-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307365832


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W. G. Sebald completed this extraordinary, important and controversial book before his untimely death in December 2001. It is a harrowing study of the devastation of German cities by Allied bombardment in World War II, and an examination of the silence in German literature and culture about this unprecedented trauma. On the Natural History of Destruction is an essential and deeply relevant study of war and society, suffering and amnesia. Like Sebald’s novels, it is studded with meticulous observation, moments of black humour, and throughout, the author’s unmatched intelligence and humanity.


On the Natural History of Destruction
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-22 - Publisher: Vintage Canada

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