Campo Santo / W.G. Sebald ; translated by Anthea Bell.
| Author/creator | Sebald, W. G. |
| Other author | Bell, Anthea. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Modern Library trade pbk. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Modern Library, 2006. |
| Description | 221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Uniform title | Campo Santo. English |
| Contents | A little excursion to Ajaccio -- Campo Santo -- The Alps in the sea -- La cour de l'ancienne école -- Strangeness, integration and crisis: on Peter Handke's play Kaspar -- Between history and natural history : on the literary description of total destruction -- Constructs of mourning : Günter Grass and Wolfgang Hildesheimer -- Des Häschens kind, der kleine Has (The little hare, child of the hare) : on the poet Ernst Herbeck's totem animal -- To the brothel by way of Switzerland : on Kafka's travel diaries -- Dream textures : a brief note on Nabokov -- Kafka goes to the movies -- Scomber scombrus, or the common mackerel : on pictures by Jan Peter Tripp -- The mystery of the red-brown skin : an approach to Bruce Chatwin -- Moments musicaux -- An attempt at restitution -- Acceptance speech to the Collegium of the German Academy. |
| Abstract | This final collection of essays by W.G. Sebald offers profound ruminations on many themes common to his work--the power of memory and personal history, the connections between images in the arts and life, the presence of ghosts in places and artifacts. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220). |
| LCCN | 2006273423 |
| ISBN | 0812972325 |
| ISBN | 9780812972320 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PT2681.E18 C36 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |