Grabeland takes place in a country that no longer exists, in a culture rooted in soil and projections. Like a travelogue, the story tours the inner exiles of its characters as they test the limitations of their actual existence. Focusing on Germany and The United States, Grabeland dramatizes the formation of national identity and ultimately its dissolution through an accumulation of personal and collective experiences, anecdotes, accidents, propaganda, falsifications, histories, victimizations, inventions, dreams, and hopes.
Very well done. At first I had a hard time getting into this one because I thought it was too indebted to Sebald and that annoyed me. But when everybody got on the cruise ship things got interesting and the premise felt more unique. 5stars because I think all artist statements should be novels