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The Rings of Saturn, with its curious archive of photographs, records a walking tour of the eastern coast of England. A few of the things that cross the path and mind of its narrator (who both is and is not Sebald) are lonely eccentrics. Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson , the natural history of the herring, Borges, a matchstick model of the Temple of Jerusalem, Sir Thomas Browne's skull, recession-hit seaside towns, Joseph Conrad, the once-thriving silk industry of Norwich, Swinburne, the dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, and the massive bombings of WWII. Mesmerized by the mutability of all things, the narrator catalogs the transmigration of whole worlds: On every new thing, there lies already the shadow of annihilation.Product Identifiers
PublisherNew Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-139780811213783
eBay Product ID (ePID)87719532
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Rings of Saturn
AuthorW. G. Sebald
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicTravel Writing
Publication Year1998
Dimensions
Item Height211mm
Item Width147mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorW. G. Sebald
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States