A Translator's View
In a series of reflections on aspects of the life, work and influence of WG Sebald, Anthea Bell, who translated Austerlitz, offers a translator's view.
Personal reflections on different aspects of the life, work and influence of WG Sebald by those who knew him, ten years after his death.
WG "Max" Sebald's literary career was at its height when he died in a car crash in December 2001, shortly after the publication of his masterpiece Austerlitz.
Anthea Bell offers a translator's view on the life and work of WG Sebald.
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