Lucasta Miller

W.G. Sebald’s borrowed truths and barefaced lies

Carole Angier reveals how the celebrated writer risked his reputation by pointlessly falsifying his sources

Sebald was tormented, riven by self-doubt and wrote to stave off madness, according to Carole Angier [fondation horst tappe/bridgeman images] 
issue 21 August 2021
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  • Speak, Silence: In Search of W.G. Sebald

    Carole Angier

    Bloomsbury, pp. 336, £30

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