Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald

Austerlitz

W.G. Sebald with Ada Vigliani (Translator)

315 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
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W. G. Sebald’s slow, reflective novel sends a solitary traveler across a continent whose crumbling landmarks whisper of lives once lived.
For memory’s quiet explorers.

Description

Jacques Austerlitz è un professore di storia dell'architettura, studioso di quei luoghi che, soprattutto nell'Ottocento, tendevano ad assumere forme involontariamente visionarie. Alto, dinoccolato, molto somigliante a Wittgenstein cui lo accumuna ...

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Community Reviews

3.92
based on 2,477 reviews

Moods

reflective: 89%

challenging: 64%

sad: 52%

emotional: 50%

dark: 38%

informative: 29%

mysterious: 25%

inspiring: 5%

tense: 4%

hopeful: 3%

adventurous: 2%

relaxing: 2%

Pace

1% of readers chose fast
24% of readers chose medium
74% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
18% of readers chose A mix
72% of readers chose Character
5% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

36% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
65% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

22% of readers chose Yes
27% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
9% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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