The Rings Of Saturn

Author: W G Sebald

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  • : $14.99 AUD
  • : 9780099448921
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : October 2002
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Barcode 9780099448921
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Description

"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

Reviews

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