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Austerlitz
by Sebald, W. G. ; Bell, Anthea (translator)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- ISBN 10
- 0375504834
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504839
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 2001. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. Fore-edge untrimmed. 298pps. Stated First Edition. First Printing. There is mild bumping to the heel of the spine, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparenty reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED and dated by the author (in the year of publication), without further inscription, on the half-title page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy of the late author's highly-regarded novel.
"Over thirty years, in the course of conversations that take place across Europe, a man named Jacques Austerlitz tells a nameless companion of his ongoing struggle with the riddle of his identity. A small child when he immigrates alone to England in the summer of 1939, Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by the Welsh couple who raise him, and he strains to orient himself in a world whose natural reference points have been obliterated. When he is a much older man, fleeting childhood memories return to him, and he obeys an instinct he only dimly understands and follows their trail back to the vanished world he left behind a half century before, the void at the heart of twentieth-century Europe."
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"Over thirty years, in the course of conversations that take place across Europe, a man named Jacques Austerlitz tells a nameless companion of his ongoing struggle with the riddle of his identity. A small child when he immigrates alone to England in the summer of 1939, Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by the Welsh couple who raise him, and he strains to orient himself in a world whose natural reference points have been obliterated. When he is a much older man, fleeting childhood memories return to him, and he obeys an instinct he only dimly understands and follows their trail back to the vanished world he left behind a half century before, the void at the heart of twentieth-century Europe."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Synopsis
W. G. Sebald taught at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, for thirty years, becoming Professor of European Literature in 1987, and from 1989 to 1994 was the first Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation. His three previous books won several international awards, including the L.A. Times Book Award for fiction, the Berlin Literature Prize and the Literatur Nord Prize. W. G. Sebald was killed in a car accident at age 57 in December 2001.
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- Title
- Austerlitz
- Author
- Sebald, W. G. ; Bell, Anthea (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375504834
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504839
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- W G SEBALD AUSTERLITZ SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS NOVELS USED BOOKS COLLECTIBLE LITERARY GERMAN AUTHORS HISTORICAL FICTION LITERATURE HOLOCAUST EUROPE JEWISH INTEREST
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