{"product_id":"silent-catastrophes","title":"Silent Catastrophes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings of Saturn, a collection of essay on the Austrian writers who meant so much to him\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppearing for the first time in English, Silent Catastrophes brings together W. G. Sebald's essays on the Austrian writers who meant so much to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe evolution of Austria from vast empire to diminutive Alpine republic, followed by its annexation by Nazi Germany, had a profound traumatic impact on the literary output of the nation. Essays on the writings of Kafka, Handke, Bernhard and more, explore the concepts of 'home\/land', 'borderland' and 'exile' with deep compassion and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA revelation to Sebald's English-language readers, Silent Catastrophes traces many of the themes which animate Sebald's own work and illuminates how melancholy - the contemplation of disaster in progress - is itself a form of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48449965654239,"sku":"9780141037028","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9780141037028.jpg?v=1771111618","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.co.nz\/products\/silent-catastrophes","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}