The Rings of Saturn

Author(s): W G Sebald

Autobiographies and Biographies

"The Rings of Saturn" begins as the record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia. From Lowestoft 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 an intricately patterned and haunting book on the transience of all things human.

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Hugely original and erudite travelogue-come-memoir from one of Europe's most lauded writers

This book is hard to classify as it blends fictional elements with memoir and history. Sebald writes in such a skilful and winding way, bringing together disparate people and places. A book for anyone who loves creative non-fiction that does away with the confines of any one genre. - Charlotte, The Book Grocer

General Fields

  • : 9780099448921
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.303
  • : October 2002
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : W G Sebald
  • : W G Sebald
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 833.914
  • : 320
  • : Modern fiction; Travel writing
  • : Michael Hulse
  • : Michael Hulse