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The tiny features below, taken together with the gentle mass of Montblanc towering above them, the Vanoise glacier almost invisible in the shimmering distance, and the Alpine panorama that occupied half the horizon, had for the first time in her life awoken in her a sense of the contrarieties that are in our longings.
The tiny features below, taken together with the gentle mass of Montblanc towering above them, the Vanoise glacier almost invisible in the shimmering distance, and the Alpine panorama that occupied half the horizon, had for the first time in her life awoken in her a sense of the contrarieties that are in our longings.
Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
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- W.G. Sebald
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- Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
Approximate historical context for attribution to W.G. Sebald, based on documented life years 1944 to 2001; lifetime midpoint used only for grouping. The archive's creator biography identifies Winfried Georg Sebald, known as W.G. Sebald, and records his life years as 1944-2001. The midpoint is only a timeline grouping point. Source: University of East Anglia Archives: W.G. Sebald Collection, https://archivecollections.uea.ac.uk/wgs (checked 2026-10-09). This does not establish the composition date or authenticate the attribution of these words. Source: https://archivecollections.uea.ac.uk/wgs (accessed 2026-10-09).
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