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...novel follows Jacques Austerlitz, an architectural historian who sets out to uncover his origins and early childhood—a curious void in his memory—after suffering a mental breakdown. His journey leads him to confront the dark heart of European history. In this, his final novel, author W.G. Sebald synthesizes multiple literary genres: “Austerlitz” is at once autobiography, history, travelogue, and meditation. It’s publication in 2001—mere months before his death in a car accident—echoed the sentiment of closure, or the struggle for some...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Haunting Magnum Opus | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...cases around eyewitnesses and uncooperative informants; holding them accountable for others' attempts to impede justice would hamper the entire judicial system. And yet, what of Harrington and McGhee? They were only 17 years old when they were convicted, and their story reads like something out of a John Grisham novel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Is It Legal to Frame a Man for Murder? | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...When we first open a novel, we are looking for its secret center, its greater meaning,” Pamuk told an audience of over...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pamuk Gives Last Norton Lecture | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Reading a novel is the act of investigating what the secret center of the novel is and enjoying the aesthetic pleasure of the details along...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pamuk Gives Last Norton Lecture | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...believe the greatest height a novelist can attain is the ability to construct the form of the novel as an enigma,” Pamuk said. “Writing or reading a novel requires us to integrate all of our knowledge about the world...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pamuk Gives Last Norton Lecture | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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