{"product_id":"after-nature","title":"After Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the very first literary work by W. G. Sebald, author of \u003ci\u003eAusterlitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The greatest writer of our time'' Peter Carey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Nature \u003c\/i\u003eby W.G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz, is his first literary work and the start of his highly personal and brilliant writing journey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this long prose poem, Sebald introduces many of the themes that he explores in his subsequent books. Focusing on the conflict between man and nature, each of the three distinct parts of \u003ci\u003eAfter Nature \u003c\/i\u003egive centre stage to a different character from a different century - the last being W.G. Sebald himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A deeply intelligent book, but also a marvellously warm, exciting and compassionate one''  Andrew Motion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A début of rare poetic grandeur''  \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Astonishing writing. A true poet at work''  \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Graceful, allusive, serious, but also immensely readable''  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''When you read Sebald you are transported to another realm''  \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW . G. Sebald was born in Wertach im Allgäu, Germany, in 1944 and died in December 2001. He studied German language and literature in Freiburg, Switzerland and Manchester. In 1996 he took up a position as an assistant lecturer at the University of Manchester and settled permanently in England in 1970. He was Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Emigrants\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Austerlitz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Natural History of Destruction,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCampo Santo,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnrecounted, For Years Now\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Place in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e. His selected poetry is published in a volume called \u003ci\u003eAcross the Land and the Water.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320204927358,"sku":"NW9780141003368","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141003368.jpg?v=1778238901","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/after-nature","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}