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Austerlitz
by W.G. Sebald · 2001 · 416 pages
Orna Guralnik
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Orna Guralnik
About This Book
The narrative follows Jacques Austerlitz, an architectural historian who discovers he was sent to Britain as a child refugee via Kindertransport in 1939. Through a series of chance encounters with an unnamed narrator, he reconstructs his forgotten origins and family history across 20th-century Europe. The work examines the intersection of personal memory, historical trauma, and the preservation of the past.
Book Details
Published
2001
Pages
416
Language
de
ISBN
9780812982619
Awards & Recognition
National Book Critics Circle Award (2001)Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (2002)Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize (2002)Koret Jewish Book Award (2001)
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