At first The Emigrants appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish émigrés in the twentieth century. But gradually, as Sebald's precise, almost dreamlike prose begins to draw their stories, the four narrations merge into one overwhelming evocation of exile and loss.
Written with a bone-dry sense of humour and a fascination with the oddness of existence The Emigrants is highly original in its heady mix of fact, memory and fiction and photographs.
This is a RARE Uncorrected Proof of the 1st Print of the 1st UK hardback edition published by Harvill Press in 1996.
This rare example is in the original oversize jacket, with the flap creases in different places to the regular trade edition.
A Fine example with minor wear, this is easily the rarest example of the authors work in English.
A superb item for the collector, or Sebald scholar.
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