Materfamilias Writes

More Sebald . . . and some thoughts on sharing books. . .

More Sebald . . . and some thoughts on sharing books. . .

I’ve mentioned here before what a fabulous library we’ve had access to in the house we rent in Bordeaux.  French, English, poetry, travel memoir, autobiography, history, political analysis. . . it’s all here. So many…

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Reading Sebald in Bordeaux

Reading Sebald in Bordeaux

St George slays the dragon on the front façade of Eglise St. Croix here in Bordeaux. I was pleased to come across the sculpture just after I began reading W.G Sebald’s remarkable long prose poem,…

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Sebald’s Emigrants

Sebald’s Emigrants

When I began this blog, it was primarily intended as a commitment to myself to take time to record and, hopefully, to reflect on my reading rather than simply to chomp through pages that I…

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