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From: "David Bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Bath in Mozart
>> Regarding Sebald I have read all the prose books published before his
>> untimely death but have avoided the poetry cos I dont think of him as a
> poet
>> and they cost money in hardback. Austerlitz is prob my favourite but they
>> are all worth reading.
>
> Doug, as it happens Austerlitz is my book-to-read for tomorrow. The copy
> of
> After Nature I got my paws on was from the library and, despite having a
> recommendation from Andrew Motion on the front cover, I was intrigued
> enough
> to take it homw, and read it yesterday in the launderette.
>
> Best
>
> Dave
> Austerlitz is his proper novel. The other prose books are a melange of
> fact and fiction. You dont really know where you are with him.
Enjoy Austerlitz and please give a view of the poetry.
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