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The Emigrants is a meditation on memory and loss. Sebald re-creates the lives of four exiles--five if you include his oblique self-portrait--through their own accounts, others' recollections and pictures and found objects. But he brings these men before our eyes only to make them fade away,... read more
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People edit
- Paul Bereyter: Add a description of this character.
- Max Ferber
- Mme Landau
- Fini: Sebald's aunt.
- Dr Henry Selwyn
- Fahnstock
- Fritz Ferber: Max's father.
- Leo
- Ambros Adelwarth: Sebald's great uncle.
- Dr Abramsky
- Mama
- Gracie
- Cosmo Solomon: Ambros's ward and lover.
- Kasimir
- Laura
- Luisa Lanzberg: Max's mother.
- Theo
- Edwin
- Elaine
- Mangold
- Lina
- Herr Bein
- Margo Solomon: Old Solomon's second wife.
First Sentence edit
At the end of september 1970, shortly before I took up my position in Norwich, I drove out to Hingham with Clara in search of somewhere to live.
Table of Contents edit
1. Dr. Henry Selwyn
2. Paul Bereyter
3. Ambros Adelwarth
4. Max Ferber
Series & Lists edit
This is book 207 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
Publisher: Vito von Eichborn Verlag
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 237
Publisher: Vito von Eichborn Verlag
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 237
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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