On the Natural History of Destruction
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Random House Publishing Group · Ebook · February 17, 2004
During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened.
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- Who it’s for
- Sebald examines the gap between immense wartime devastation and its small place in Germany’s cultural memory.
- Genres
- World War II: European Theater, German History, German Literary Criticism
- Published
- Random House Publishing Group, February 17, 2004
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During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand German civilians died—a figure twice that of all American war casualties. Seven and a half million Germans were left homeless. Given the astonishing scope of the devastation, W. G. Sebald asks, why does the subject occupy so little space in Germany’s cultural memory?
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On the Natural History of Destruction probes deeply into this ominous silence.
Memory’s Blind Spot
Sebald examines the gap between immense wartime devastation and its small place in Germany’s cultural memory.
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- A searching look at wartime destruction and cultural memory
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- Historical inquiry shaped by questions of silence and remembrance
Where it sits
| World War II: European Theater | 59% |
|---|---|
| German Literary Criticism | 36% |
| German History | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- German History
- World War II History
- Authors
- W.G. Sebald, Anthea Bell
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- February 17, 2004
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs