Review by partypete - Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964–2001

A review by partypete
Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964–2001 by W.G. Sebald

3.0

Sebald is one of the finest writers in contemporary literature, and his themes form a bridge between our world and our history. His tremendous intelligence always shines through his work. Yet I feel his talents are best summarized through his longer-form work rather than poetry. These poems form truncated summaries of Sebald’s more expansive thoughts - I think he is most effective when he is able to cascade these ideas through the length of a whole book.

A review by partypete Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964–2001 by W.G. Sebald

A review by partypete
Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964–2001 by W.G. Sebald