Comments on: Life Without Max: The Genius of W.G. Sebald http://calitreview.com/14 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rob F (U.K) http://calitreview.com/14/comment-page-1#comment-18262 Rob F (U.K) Fri, 23 May 2008 11:38:03 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/life-without-max-the-genius-of-wg-sebald/#comment-18262 A quite outstanding piece of writing :accurate, interesting and erudite : Max would have approved A quite outstanding piece of writing :accurate, interesting and erudite : Max would have approved

]]> By: Garan http://calitreview.com/14/comment-page-1#comment-533 Garan Mon, 28 May 2007 03:39:14 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/life-without-max-the-genius-of-wg-sebald/#comment-533 Good point about Frost. I stand - embarrassingly - corrected! Good point about Frost. I stand – embarrassingly – corrected!

]]> By: Tim Upperton http://calitreview.com/14/comment-page-1#comment-532 Tim Upperton Mon, 28 May 2007 03:38:39 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/life-without-max-the-genius-of-wg-sebald/#comment-532 I think Robert Frost said poetry is what is what is lost in translation a little while before John Carey did ... I agree, Sebald is extraordinary and unique. Already imitators are appearing, but I've read nothing approaching the depths he so casually and incidentaly plumbs. I think Robert Frost said poetry is what is what is lost in translation a little while before John Carey did …

I agree, Sebald is extraordinary and unique. Already imitators are appearing, but I’ve read nothing approaching the depths he so casually and incidentaly plumbs.

]]> By: Robert Langdon http://calitreview.com/14/comment-page-1#comment-531 Robert Langdon Mon, 28 May 2007 03:37:32 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/life-without-max-the-genius-of-wg-sebald/#comment-531 Sebald is okay, but he's a small fish compared to Dan Brown. Sebald is okay, but he’s a small fish compared to Dan Brown.

]]> By: anonymous http://calitreview.com/14/comment-page-1#comment-530 anonymous Mon, 28 May 2007 03:36:50 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/life-without-max-the-genius-of-wg-sebald/#comment-530 If Sebald is one tenth as gushing, adolescent and unreadable as this turgid guff masquerading as a critique of his work then it is a miracle anybody ever bothers with him. Internet "journalism" has a lot to answer for. If Sebald is one tenth as gushing, adolescent and unreadable as this turgid guff masquerading as a critique of his work then it is a miracle anybody ever bothers with him. Internet “journalism” has a lot to answer for.

]]> By: Paolo Honorificas http://calitreview.com/14/comment-page-1#comment-529 Paolo Honorificas Mon, 28 May 2007 03:36:25 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/life-without-max-the-genius-of-wg-sebald/#comment-529 A little short in the *specifics* but on the whole decently written. I only had to skin through two paragraphs. A little short in the *specifics* but on the whole decently written. I only had to skin through two paragraphs.

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