[ihinsdale]

Sebald was a true genius. His writing is a journey down fascinating veins of human history and culture, and the uncanny experiences we have of these in the present. He had a profound sensitivity and empathy for what it is to be a human being. You will get something new from his books with each read, and always the same marveling at our world, the tragedy we make in it, and what an imagination could have captured this.

Highlights of the scant recordings we have of him are:

- Reading from Austerlitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccMCGjWLlhY

- An interview with Michael Silverblatt shortly before his death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSFcTWIg-Pg