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Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964-2001 (Modern Library)

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Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964-2001 (Modern Library)

â€œA splendid addition to an already extraordinary oeuvre.â€â€”Teju Cole, The New Yorker
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German-born W. G. Sebald is best known as the innovative author of Austerlitz, the prose classic of World War II culpability and conscience that put its author in the company of Nabokov, Calvino, and Borges. Now comes the first major collection of this literary masterâ€™s poems. Skillfully translated by Iain Galbraith, they range from pieces Sebald wrote as a student in the sixties to those completed right before his untimely death in 2001. In nearly one hundred poemsâ€”the majority published in English for the first timeâ€”Sebald explores his trademark themes, from nature and history, to wandering and wondering, to oblivion and memory. Soaring and searing, the poetry of W. G. Sebald is an indelible addition to his superb body of work, and this collection is bound to become a classic in its own right.
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â€œHow fortunate we are to have this writerâ€™s startling imagination freshly on display once again, expressed in language honed to a perfect simplicity.â€â€”Billy Collins
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â€œA watershed volume . . . nothing less than transcendent.â€â€”BookPage
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â€œ[Sebald was] a defining writer of his era.â€â€”The New Republic

Country	USA
Author	W.G. Sebald
Binding	Paperback
Creator	Iain Galbraith
EAN	9780812981100
Edition	Reprint
ISBN	0812981103
Label	Modern Library
Manufacturer	Modern Library
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	192
PublicationDate	2013-04-09
Publisher	Modern Library
ReleaseDate	2013-04-09
Studio	Modern Library

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