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On the Natural History of Destruction
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W.G. Sebald, Anthea Bell
Random House Publishing Group · Ebook · February 17, 2004
Reading lane: LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events
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
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events · World War I History
- Reading lane
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events
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Personal Memoirs
German History
World War II History
About This Book
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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