Modern Library Classics (Paperback) On the Natural History of Destruction, (Paperback)

from bodachliath

This posthumous collection is a curious mixture. The bulk of the book consists of an adapted lecture series on the bombing of German cities, the unprecedented nature of the destruction in cities such as Hamburg and the curious lack of references to it in most German post-war literature. This is p...

from bodachliath

This posthumous collection is a curious mixture. The bulk of the book consists of an adapted lecture series on the bombing of German cities, the unprecedented nature of the destruction in cities such as Hamburg and the curious lack of references to it in most German post-war literature. This is p...

from neurodrew

This book is a collection of criticism by a German borne writer and literature professor. The title is from the longest part of the book, a lecture series he gave in Zurich on the lack of mention in German post-war literature of the destruction of German cities by the Allied Air Forces. He notes ...

from MSarki

The first time through much of the book was wasted on me as I am not familiar with the writers Sebald was criticizing. But the first section was pretty amazing. I had no idea really how bad it all was during WWII. I am glad I read the book. Sebald was a very gifted writer whose sentences are quit...

from FPdC

This book is made up of four essays. The reflection of World War II in German literature is their common theme. The longest and, to me, the most interesting chapter is the first one, titled Air War and Literature. It is based on lectures given by Sebald in Zürich, in the autumn of 1997, and in it...