78 — WG Sebald's 'Austerlitz' — 2/2 — Locked Rooms

Our second episode on WG Sebald's 2001 novel 'Austerlitz', encountering strangely preserved rooms, nightmarish dream landscapes, gigantesque 19th century fantasies, and a mix of psychoanalysis, Perrault's Bibliothèque Nationale, Liverpool Street Station and Casanova.

Watch Sebald giving a reading of Austerlitz (youtube.com/watch?v=ccMCGjWLlhY&t=1015s) and listen to an interview with him on KCRW (youtube.com/watch?v=lVssOL6olQ4&t=3s).

This episode is sponsored by Blue Crow Media (bluecrowmedia.com), who gorgeous architectural maps. Use the offer code aboutbuildings at checkout to get 10% off.

Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts.

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