Emigrants Tove Jansson and Lars translated by the acclaimed Anton

translated by the acclaimed Anton Hur

Jorge seems to have it all together

Rivera Garza traces her sister's history

but all Julia wants is for Mason to leave her alone

Emigrants Tove Jansson and Lars translated by the acclaimed AntonThe four long narratives in W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants at first appear to be the straightforward biographies of four people in exile: a painter, an elderly Russian, the author's schoolteacher as well as his eccentric great uncle Ambrose. Following (literally) in their footsteps, the narrator retraces routes which lead from Lithuania to London, from Munich to Manchester, from the South German provinces to Switzerland, France, New York,