W. G. Sebald

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W. G. Sebald

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I cannot get over the fact that I was born in 1944. I want to find out as much as I can about that year.

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cannot , get , over
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A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.

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subject , which , first
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I came from anonymity, and I will continue to write as a private pursuit.

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came , will , continue
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Occasionally I write a small piece or the odd lecture in English, and I teach in English, but my fiction is always written in German.

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occasionally , write , small
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England is not very easy to get in and out of.

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england , very , easy
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The longer I carry on, the more difficult writing seems to get.

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longer , carry , more
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Although I hold a German passport, I feel very much alienated when I'm there.

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although , hold , german
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My father was not really a presence for me. He was away; he was in the German army.

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father , really , presence
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It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.

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I don't think one can write from a compromised moral position.

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think , write , compromised
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I am what I am.

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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.

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school , dark , room
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I've always been interested in photographs, collecting them not systematically but randomly. They get lost, then turn up again.

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always , been , interested
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The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

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writing , makes , great
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Unlike Conrad or Nabokov, I didn't have circumstances which would have coerced me out of my native tongue altogether.

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unlike , circumstances , which