Vertigo

W. G. Sebald

earliest edition we have, 1998 Actes Sud, 2001 paperback 237 pages

New Directions paperbook -- NDP925

"An unnamed narrator, beset by nervous ailments, is our guide on a hair-raising journey across Europe and into the past. Vertigo is a book in four parts. The opening section is devoted to Stendhal's memories of joining Napoleon's army as a very young man just when it invaded Italy. The second section centers on Casanova's horrible imprisonment in Venice. The third part follows Kafka's tribulations in Italy; and the...

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Editions we hold

Vertigo paperback · 2016 · New Directions · 272 pages · 9780811226165
Vertigo paperback · 2015 · Can Yayinlari · 224 pages · 9789750727146
Vertigo edition · 2011 · Penguin Random House · 272 pages · 9781446418031
Vertigo edition · 2011 · Penguin Random House · 9781446418048
Vértigo paperback · 2009 · Editorial Anagrama · 232 pages · 9788433975232
Vertigo edition · 2003 · Penguin Random House · 272 pages · 9780099448891
Vertiges paperback · 2001 · Actes Sud · 237 pages · 9782742730582
Vertigo paperback · 2001 · Debate · 9788483064733
Vertigo edition · 2000 · Harvill · 263 pages · 9781860467349
Vertigo edition · 2000 · New Directions Books · 263 pages · 9780811214858
Vertigo edition · 2000 · New Directions Pub. · 263 pages
Vertigo paperback · 1999 · Harvill Press · 272 pages · 9781860466243

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