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The characters in these stories, as drawn by a skillful but nearly invisible narrator, are so remarkable, so individual. It is no wonder the holocaust, which erased individuality and murdered their communities and people they love, haunts them for the rest of their lives. Sebald's writing is like no other contemporary writer's. It is detailed and omniscient as that of a Victorian writer, yet totally eschews their rhetorical, preachy voice. What befalls these characters, how they (minutely) behav
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