Includes a summary of the novel "Austerlitz," by W.G. Sebald, as well as brief reviews and a biography of the author.

Random House provides a description of Sebald's novel "Austerlitz" and a brief biography of the author.

Reviews Sebald's "The Rings of Saturn," a novel in the form of a diary written during a walking tour of Britain's East Anglia and interspersed with images.

Reviewer describes W.G. Sebald's "Vertigo" as a quest novel, characterizing the author as "the oddest great writer I've ever encountered."

In-depth profile discusses the life and work of German-born novelist W.G. Sebald, who died in a car crash in East Anglia on Dec. 14, 2001.