A thorough dissection of Sebald's fiction and his recent acclaim Understanding W. G. Sebald introduces readers to a novelist and poet regarded as one of the most original talents of the late twentieth century. A German writer who taught in England for thirty years, W. G. Sebald published four novels, first in German and then in English. These works--Vertigo, The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, and Austerlitz--are...