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On the Natural History of Destruction

Name: On the Natural History of Destruction
ISBN: 9780375756573

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W.G. Sebald, Anthea Bell

Random House Publishing Group · Ebook · February 17, 2004

Reading lane: German Literary Criticism

During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened.

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Authors: W.G. Sebald, Anthea Bell
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: February 17, 2004
Format: Ebook
Theme: German Literary Criticism · Literature & History
Reading lane: German Literary Criticism

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Personal Memoirs
German History
World War II History

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During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand German civilians died—a figure twice that of all American war casualties. Seven and a half million Germans were left homeless. Given the astonishing scope of the devastation, W. G. Sebald asks, why does the subject occupy so little space in Germany’s cultural memory? On the Natural History of Destruction probes deeply into this ominou...

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