the family of cutoffs and the people who come alive again in this novel with a new band this one. w.g. sebald novel house till its is also filled with uncertainty travel and a search for clues but this is not an autobiography it is a semi fictional account of the jewish historian jacques austerlitz who is trying to recall memories that he has long since lost. one day at a train station also the. sees a young boy who he realizes is his four year old self being sent by kindertransport to england this vision finally inspires him to go searching for his original family . house to let's us life was saved by a train later his mother was deported to auschwitz by train train stations play a key role in this novel ouster let's as a man who has a child lost his homeland language and even his name. chances are you've seen