The Emigrants

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'This deeply moving book shames most writers with its nerve and tact and wonder' MICHAEL ONDAATJE
'An unconsoling masterpiece It is exquisitely written and exquisitely translated a true work of art' SPECTATOR
At first The Emigrants appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish émigrés in the twentieth century. But gradually, as Sebald's precise, almost dreamlike prose begins to work its magic, the four narrations merge into one overwhelming evocation of exile and loss.
'A spellbinding account of four Jewish exiles. Its restrained and meditative tone has stayed with me all year' NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE
'A sober delicate account of displacement, and a classic of its kind. Modest and remote, it resurrects older standards of behaviour, making most contemporary writing seem brash and immature. No book has pleased me more this year' ANITA BROOKNER, SPECTATOR
'It's like nothing I've ever read A book of excruciating sobriety and warmth and a magical concreteness of observation I... Tovább

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'This deeply moving book shames most writers with its nerve and tact and wonder' MICHAEL ONDAATJE
'An unconsoling masterpiece It is exquisitely written and exquisitely translated a true work of art' SPECTATOR
At first The Emigrants appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish émigrés in the twentieth century. But gradually, as Sebald's precise, almost dreamlike prose begins to work its magic, the four narrations merge into one overwhelming evocation of exile and loss.
'A spellbinding account of four Jewish exiles. Its restrained and meditative tone has stayed with me all year' NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE
'A sober delicate account of displacement, and a classic of its kind. Modest and remote, it resurrects older standards of behaviour, making most contemporary writing seem brash and immature. No book has pleased me more this year' ANITA BROOKNER, SPECTATOR
'It's like nothing I've ever read A book of excruciating sobriety and warmth and a magical concreteness of observation I know of no book which conveys more about that complex fate, being a European at the end of European civilization. I know of few books written in our time but this one which attains the sublime' SUSAN SONTAG, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
'The writing seems long distilled, intensely pre-meditated and yet utterly fresh. It has an unaffected earnestness, a loner's earnestness' KARL MILLER, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Vissza