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The Rings of Saturn

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A Walking Tour Through The Haunted Landscapes Of The Past, In The Company Of The Exiled And The Departed.The Rings Of Saturn Begins As The Record Of A Journey On Foot Through Coastal East Anglia. From Lowestoft To Southwold To Bungay, Sebald'S Own Story Becomes The Conductor Of Evocations Of People And Cultures Past And Present: Of Chateaubriand, Thomas Browne, Swinburne And Conrad, Of Fishing Fleets, Skulls And Silkworms. The Result Is A Book Unlike Any Other In Contemporary Literature, An Intricately Patterned And Endlessly Thought-Provoking Meditation On The Transience Of All Things Human.

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The Rings of Saturn, W. G. Sebald

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2002
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Language
English
Publisher
Random House
Released
2002
Format
Paperback
Pages
320
ISBN10
0099448920
ISBN13
9780099448921
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First published
1995
Original title
Die Ringe des Saturn
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A Walking Tour Through The Haunted Landscapes Of The Past, In The Company Of The Exiled And The Departed.The Rings Of Saturn Begins As The Record Of A Journey On Foot Through Coastal East Anglia. From Lowestoft To Southwold To Bungay, Sebald'S Own Story Becomes The Conductor Of Evocations Of People And Cultures Past And Present: Of Chateaubriand, Thomas Browne, Swinburne And Conrad, Of Fishing Fleets, Skulls And Silkworms. The Result Is A Book Unlike Any Other In Contemporary Literature, An Intricately Patterned And Endlessly Thought-Provoking Meditation On The Transience Of All Things Human.