Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Biography & Memoir, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9780141037028
Published: March 2026
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 544
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

Silent Catastrophes

W. G. Sebald, Jo Catling

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'A profoundly affirming book about the potential for literature . . . One of the few essential writers of this generation' The Scotsman

From acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings of Saturn, a collection of essay on the Austrian writers who inspired him

Appearing for the first time in English, Silent Catastrophes brings together W. G. Sebald's 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...

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W. G. Sebald

W. G. Sebald

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Jo Catling

Jo Catling

Jo Catling taught German and European literature at the University of East Anglia where she worked closely with W G Sebald from 1993 until his death. Translator of Sebalds A Place in the Country, she is editor (with Richard Hibbitt) of Saturn’s Moons: W G Sebald – A Handbook (Legenda, 2011) and has published widely on Sebald and on Rainer Maria Rilke.

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