by W. G. Sebald · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141017860
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«Campo Santo» is W. G. Sebald's collection of literary essays, published by Penguin in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Final collection of essays by W. G. Sebald on memory and personal history. Four pieces pay homage to Corsica; the title evokes the cemetery of Pisa. It also examines Günter Grass, Bruce Chatwin and Kafka, showing how literature compensates for the world's injustices and how it influenced his own work.
Collects sixteen essays; the English edition was published on 23 February 2006 and the original text is German.
Recommended for readers of literary essays and for those who follow the work of W. G. Sebald, such as The Rings of Saturn or Austerlitz.
Winfried Georg Sebald, known as W. G. Sebald or Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was according to The New Yorker "widely recognized for his extraordinary contribution to world literature."
