After Nature (Modern Library (Paperback))

After Nature (Modern Library (Paperback))

After Nature, W. G. Sebaldâ€™s first literary work, now translated into English by Michael Hamburger, explores the lives of three men connected by their restless questioning of humankindâ€™s place in the natural world. From the efforts of each, â€œan order arises, in places beautiful and comforting, though more cruel, too, than the previous state of ignorance.â€ The first figure is the great German Re-naissance painter Matthias GrÃ¼newald. The second is the Enlightenment botanist-explorer Georg Steller, who accompanied Bering to the Arctic. The third is the author himself, who describes his wanderings among landscapes scarred by the wrecked certainties of previous ages.

After Nature introduces many of the themes that W. G. Sebald explored in his subsequent books. A haunting vision of the waxing and waning tides of birth and devastation that lie behind and before us, it confirms the authorâ€™s position as one of the most profound and original writers of our time.
Country USA
Brand Modern Library
Manufacturer Modern Library
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780375756580
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2003-07-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375756580

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