All I could think was that such a sentence only appears to mean something, but in truth is at best a makeshift expedient . . . something which we use . . . to grope blindly through the darkness enveloping us
I loved Austerlitz, but, oh man, was it a lot of work. I felt like Sebald would lull you into this rhythm of finally being involved in the main story and then snap you back abruptly. It's as if he wanted to hammer home the point that neither he, the narrator, Austerlitz himself, nor the typical reader could really know what it was like to experience the Holocaust. We have to rely on stories.
I hope you're enjoying school in spite of (because of?) the massive amounts of work.
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Date: 2007-09-26 01:58 pm (UTC)I loved Austerlitz, but, oh man, was it a lot of work. I felt like Sebald would lull you into this rhythm of finally being involved in the main story and then snap you back abruptly. It's as if he wanted to hammer home the point that neither he, the narrator, Austerlitz himself, nor the typical reader could really know what it was like to experience the Holocaust. We have to rely on stories.
I hope you're enjoying school in spite of (because of?) the massive amounts of work.