In lush and accessible prose, this popular science work traces the early days of Albert Einstein and examines the powerful synergy of scientific and romantic discovery. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.
This novel, which has secured W. G. Sebald a reputation as one of the most original literary figures of his time, combines historical fact with fiction as the narrator, who has recently suffered a mysterious and paralyzing breakdown, travels backward in time while he wanders through Suffolk, England ...
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The author recounts the shock he experienced when he learned his father's relatives in Muncie, Indiana, were poor and Black, and the prejudice that he and his brother endured from both sides.