Vertigo

About “Vertigo”

An unnamed narrator, suffering from nervous ailments, travels across Europe and into the past in Vertigo, a book divided into four parts. The first section recounts Stendhal's memories of joining Napoleon's army during the invasion of Italy. The second part focuses on Casanova's imprisonment in Venice. The third follows Kafka's struggles in Italy, and the fourth describes Sebald's return to his childhood home in a small Bavarian village. Throughout, the narrator experiences self-alienation and the failure of memory, reflecting on the challenges of writing and the uncertainty of the past.