French Literature Reviews - 2026
W. G. Sebald, Bitter Homeland: On Austrian Literature
Comparative and World Literature
Bitter Homeland: On Austrian Literature
Winfried Georg Sebald
Patrick Charbonneau (Translator)
Publication date: 08/02/2017
Publisher: ACTES SUD ED
Series: German Literature
ISBN: 978-2-330-07286-5
EAN: 9782330072865
No. of pages: 251 p.
In this collection of essays dedicated by W. G. Sebald to Austrian literature, his most intimate concerns are reflected: exile, the lost homeland, the homeland one can never break free from... Through the lives and works of a dozen authors (including Jean Améry, Franz Kafka, Peter Handke, and Joseph Roth), the turbulent history of Austria emerges—its nationalism and the resulting fate of its Jewish population.
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This collection of essays is dedicated by W. G. Sebald to Austrian literature. Through the lives and works of a dozen authors, including Jean Améry, Franz Kafka, Peter Handke, and Joseph Roth, the turbulent history of Austria emerges, along with its nationalism and the resulting fate of its Jewish population. The texts reflect concerns such as exile, the lost homeland, and the homeland one can never break free from.
Readers interested in Austrian literature and the critical writings of W. G. Sebald may find this translation relevant to their studies. The publication date of this Actes Sud edition is August 2, 2017, with Patrick Charbonneau serving as the translator, spanning two hundred and fifty-one pages within the German Literature series.