Fact and fiction are discrete things, not parts of a continuum.
Writing tagged: ‘W.G. Sebald’
Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.
Book review: ‘A Place in the Country’ by W.G. Sebald
Essays on five writers and a painter who influenced Sebald’s work.
Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova
Newsletter No. 24: ‘Unclassifiable’
W.G. Sebald · Jan Morris · Jonathan Meades · prehistoric megafauna · Rebecca Solnit · complex numbers · Vikings! · Richard Mabey · Jeff Young · Horatio Clare · chess · Charles Darwin (obviously)
Book review: ‘Speak, Silence’ by Carole Angier
In search of W.G. Sebald.
Book review: ‘Ariadne's Thread’ by Philippa Comber
In memory of W.G. Sebald.
Comfort books
A conversation with a friend about the books that have brought us comfort over the years.
Book review: ‘W.G. Sebald’ by Uwe Schütte
The writer and his work.
Book review: ‘Austerlitz’ by W.G. Sebald
A haunting novel. File under Sebaldian.
Book review: ‘After Nature’ by W.G. Sebald
Three long-form poems, best read as prose.
Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald
An unclassifiable masterpiece.