On the Natural History of Destruction

During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand German civilians died--a figure twice that of all American war casualties. Seven and a half million Germans were left homeless. Given the astonishing scope of the devastation, W. G. Sebald asks, why does the subject occupy so little space in Germany's cultural memory? On the Natural History of Destruction probes deeply into this ominous silence.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 02/17/2004
ISBN: 9780375756573
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.16w x 0.48d

Review Citations: Christian Century 11/01/2003 pg. 38