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Austerlitz , the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by “one of the most gripping writers imaginable” ( The New York Review of Books ), is the story of a man’s search for the answer to his life’s central riddle. A small child when he comes to England on a Kindertransport in the summer of... read more
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In the second half of the 1960s I traveled repeatedly from England to Belgium, partly for study purposes, partly for other reasons which were never entirely clear to me, staying sometimes for just one or two days, sometimes for several weeks.
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This is book 80 of 100 in Top 100 Books That Defined The Noughties (Telegraph). (authoritative list)
Preceded by Feminine Gospels: Poems, and followed by The Island.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 39 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Gabriel's Gift, and followed by Platform.
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Page Count: 415
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- National Book Critics Circle Award (2001: Fiction, #1)
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (2002)
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- Dewey: 833.914
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