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On the natural history of destruction : with essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry and Peter Weiss

This book is acclaimed German novelist Sebald's investigation of one of the least examined "silences" of our time. He examines the devastation of German cities by Allied bombardment, and the reasons for the astonishing absence of this unprecedented trauma from German history and culture. This void is in part a repression of things--such as the death by fire of the city of Hamburg at the hands of the RAF--too terrible to bear. For Sebald, this is an example of deliberate cultural amnesia; his analysis of its effects in and outside Germany has already provoked angry and painful debate. It addresses questions that arise when communities must heal from self-inflicted wounds. This book is a study of suffering and forgetting, of the morality hidden in artistic decisions, and of both compromised and genuine heroics.--From publisher description.

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  • "Luftkrieg und Literatur"@it
  • "De la destruction"

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  • "Drie essays over het onvermogen van Duitse schrijvers om de verwoesting van Duitse steden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog tijdens de luchtoorlog op een verantwoorde manier te beschrijven."
  • "The author examines the relationship between the horrific Allied bombings of German cities in World War II and postwar German literature, reflecting on the the topics of individual and collective guilt, the consequences of denying the past, and the need to reclaim history."
  • "This book is acclaimed German novelist Sebald's investigation of one of the least examined "silences" of our time. He examines the devastation of German cities by Allied bombardment, and the reasons for the astonishing absence of this unprecedented trauma from German history and culture. This void is in part a repression of things--such as the death by fire of the city of Hamburg at the hands of the RAF--too terrible to bear. For Sebald, this is an example of deliberate cultural amnesia; his analysis of its effects in and outside Germany has already provoked angry and painful debate. It addresses questions that arise when communities must heal from self-inflicted wounds. This book is a study of suffering and forgetting, of the morality hidden in artistic decisions, and of both compromised and genuine heroics.--From publisher description."
  • "This book is acclaimed German novelist Sebald's investigation of one of the least examined "silences" of our time. He examines the devastation of German cities by Allied bombardment, and the reasons for the astonishing absence of this unprecedented trauma from German history and culture. This void is in part a repression of things--such as the death by fire of the city of Hamburg at the hands of the RAF--too terrible to bear. For Sebald, this is an example of deliberate cultural amnesia; his analysis of its effects in and outside Germany has already provoked angry and painful debate. It addresses questions that arise when communities must heal from self-inflicted wounds. This book is a study of suffering and forgetting, of the morality hidden in artistic decisions, and of both compromised and genuine heroics.--From publisher description."@en

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  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@es
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Electronic books"
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  • "On the Natural History of Destruction"
  • "On the natural history of destruction : with essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry and Peter Weiss"
  • "On the natural history of destruction : with essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry and Peter Weiss"@en
  • "De la destruction : comme élément de l'histoire naturelle"
  • "Guerra aérea e literatura : Com um ensaio sobre Alfred Andersch"
  • "Ē physikḗ istoría tēs katastrophḗs"
  • "Wojna powietrzna i literatura"
  • "Wojna powietrzna i literatura"@pl
  • "Hē physikē istoria tēs katastrophēs"
  • "História natural da destruiç=o : guerra aérea e literatura"
  • "De natuurlijke historie van de verwoesting"
  • "De la destruction comme élément de l'histoire naturelle"
  • "Luftkrieg und Literatur : mit einem Essay zu Alfred Andersch"
  • "On the natural history of destruction with essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry and Peter Weiss"
  • "On the natural history of destruction with essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry and Peter Weiss"@en
  • "Storia naturale della distruzione"@it
  • "Storia naturale della distruzione"
  • "Luftkrieg und Literatur mit einem essay zu Alfred Andersch"
  • "On the natural history of destruction : with essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry, and Peter Weiss"@en
  • "Luftkrieg und Literatur ; mit einem Essay zu Alfred Andersch"
  • "On The Natural History of Destruction"
  • "On the natural history of destruction"
  • "On the natural history of destruction"@en
  • "Sobre la historia natural de la destrucción"@es
  • "Sobre la historia natural de la destrucción"
  • "História natural da destruição guerra aérea e literatura"
  • "Luftkrieg und Literatur"
  • "Luftkrieg und Literatur mit einem Essay zu Alfred Andersch"

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