Silent Catastrophes - W. G. Sebald High in the Accursed Mountains

High in the Accursed Mountains

they still dance the Villain's Dance from dusk till dawn

Seeking communism

old wounds are reopened for both mother and daughter while Stokely

deception and desire

Silent Catastrophes - W. G. Sebald High in the Accursed MountainsAppearing for the first time in English, Silent Catastrophes brings together W. G. Sebalds essays on the Austrian writers who meant so much to him. The evolution of Austria from vast empire to diminutive Alpine republic, followed by its annexation by Nazi Germany, had a profound traumatic impact on the literary output of the nation. Essays on the writings of Kafka, Handke, Bernhard and more, explore the concepts of home land, borderland and exile with