A Place in the Country (essay collection)

A Place in the Country

First edition (German)
Author	W. G. Sebald
Original title	Logis in einem Landhaus
Translator	Jo Catling
Language	German
Publisher	Hanser
Publication date	1998
Publication place	Germany
Published in English	2013
Media type	Print
Pages	209
ISBN	9780241144183

A Place in the Country consists of six essays or monographs by W.G. Sebald, each devoted to a specific writer or artist.[1][2]

Contents

• A Comet in the Heavens: On Johann Peter Hebel
• J'Aurais Voulu Que Ce Lac Eut Été L'océan: On Jean Jacques-Rousseau
• Why I Grieve I Do Not Know: On Eduard Morike
• Death Draws Nigh, Time Marches On: On Gottfried Keller
• Le Promeneur Solitaire: On Robert Walser
• As Day and Night: On Jan Peter Tripp

References

1. Robson, Leo (June 21, 2013). "A Place in the Country by W.G. Sebald". Retrieved 17 February 2014.
2. Williams, John (February 9, 2014). "A Writer's Pantheon, Focused on the Details". New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

Further reading

• McCulloh, Mark (2003). Understanding W.G. Sebald. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 57–83. ISBN 978-1-57003-506-7.