Deep exploration of identity and memory for a gripping literary experience
Multiple award recognition including National Book Critics Circle Award and Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
Rich historical setting across England and Europe for immersive storytelling
Influential literary comparison to Bergman, Kafka, and Proust for added depth
Tenth anniversary edition with new introduction by James Wood for enhanced context
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W. G. Sebald’s celebrated masterpiece, “one of the supreme works of art of our time” (The Guardian), follows a man’s search for the answer to his life’s central riddle.
“Haunting . . . a powerful and resonant work of the historical imagination . . . Reminiscent at once of Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries, Kafka’s troubled fables of guil