Sebald completed this controversial book before his death in December 2001. Is his harrowing and precise investigation of one of the least examined silences of our time. In it, the novelist examines the devastation of Ge...Sebald completed this controversial book before his death in December 2001. Is his harrowing and precise investigation of one of the least examined silences of our time. In it, the novelist examines the devastation of German cities by allied bombardment and the reasons for the astonishing absence of this unprecedented trauma from w.g.