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Can I read A Place in the Country on EtoBox?

A Place in the Country by Winfried Georg Sebald is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Place in the Country about?

When W.G. Sebald travelled to Manchester in 1966, he packed in his bags certain literary favourites which would remain central to him throughout the rest of his life and during the years when he was settled in England. In A Place in the Country, he reflects on six of the figures who shaped him as a person and as a writer, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Robert Walser and Jan Peter Tripp. Fusing biography and essay, and finding, as ever, inspiration in place — as when he journeys to the Ile St. Pierre, the tiny, lonely Swiss island where Jean-Jacques Rousseau found solace and inspiration — Sebald lovingly brings his subjects to life in his distinctive, inimitable voice. A Place in the Country is a window into the mind of this much loved and much missed writer.

Who reads A Place in the Country?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Winfried Georg Sebald
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Published
2013
Language
EN
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Humanities
Rating
3.81 / 5 (69 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14