Vertigo (novel)

Vertigo  
Author(s) W. G. Sebald
Original title Schwindel. Gefühl
Translator Michael Hulse
Country Germany
Language German
Genre(s) Diary, Memoir
Publisher Eichborn
Publication date 1990
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 298
ISBN 3821840633
OCLC Number 23177054

Vertigo (German: Schwindel. Gefühle.) is a 1990 novel by the German author W. G. Sebald. In three of its four sections, Sebald weaves together travelogues featuring Stendhal, Franz Kafka and an unnamed narrator who may represent Sebald himself, with the final recounting a visit to Sebald's German hometown of "W."[1][2] The novel functions along with Sebald's subsequent works The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn as a trilogy.[3]

Reception

Stephen Moss of The Guardian found the book difficult to characterize, but embraced it critically.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Freeman, John (2000-07-05). "A meditation on four lives and three centuries, Vertigo finds W.G. Sebald in search of lost time". Minneapolis City Pages. http://www.citypages.com/content/printVersion/11746. Retrieved 2008-12-16. 
  2. ^ Dillon, Millicent (2000-07-16). "Putting the past in front of him". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/07/16/RV75346.DTL&type=printable. Retrieved 2008-12-16. 
  3. ^ a b Moss, Stephen (2000-01-20). "Falling for Vertigo". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/jan/20/wgsebald. Retrieved 2008-12-16. 
Works by W. G. Sebald