{"product_id":"the-emigrants-9780811226141","title":"The Emigrants","description":"The four long narratives in \u003cem\u003eThe Emigrants\u003c\/em\u003e appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald reconstructs the lives of a painter, a doctor, an elementary-school teacher, and Great Uncle Ambrose. Following (literally) in their footsteps, the narrator retraces routes of exile which lead from Lithuania to London, from Munich to Manchester, from the South German provinces to Switzerland, France, New York, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. Along with memories, documents, and diaries of the Holocaust, he collects photographs--the enigmatic snapshots which stud\u003cem\u003e The Emigrants\u003c\/em\u003e and bring to mind family photo albums. Sebald combines precise documentary with fictional motifs, and as he puts the question to realism, the four stories merge into one unfathomable requiem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSebald, W. G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eW. G. Sebald\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Germany in 1944 and died in 2001. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Emigrants\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAusterlitz\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfter Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Natural History of Destruction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnrecounted\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCampo Santo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHulse, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Hulse\u003c\/strong\u003e is an English translator, critic, and poet. Hulse has translated more than sixty books from the German.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613449982226,"sku":"9780811226141","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_805692aa-7b13-4931-b641-859610bd70dd.jpg?v=1732402145","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-emigrants-9780811226141","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}