Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate

by Daniel Mendelsohn

Book Overview

A memoir, biography, work of history, and literary criticism all in one, this moving book tells the story of three exiled writers--Erich Auerbach, Fran?ois F?nelon, and W. G. Sebald--and their relationship with the classics, from Homer to Mimesis.

In a genre-defying book hailed as "exquisite" (The New York Times) and "spectacular" (The Times Literary Supplement), the best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681376393
• ISBN13: 9781681376394
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher