The rings of Saturn

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What begins as the record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia becomes the great, constellated story of people and cultures past and present: of Chateaubriand, Thomas Browne, Swinburne and Conrad, of fishing fleets, skulls and silkworms. A rich meditation on the past via a melancholy trip along the Suffolk coast, ‘The Rings of Saturn’ is an intricately patterned and haunting book on the transience of all things human.

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Encountering an eccentric cast of characters along the way, Sebald confronts the frailty of human existence as he voyages along the Suffolk coast on foot.

What begins as the record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia becomes the great, constellated story of people and cultures past and present: of Chateaubriand, Thomas Browne, Swinburne and Conrad, of fishing fleets, skulls and silkworms. A rich meditation on the past via a melancholy trip along the Suffolk coast, The Rings of Saturn is an intricately patterned and haunting book on the transience of all things human.

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Weight 257 g
Dimensions 19.8 × 13 × 1.9 cm
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Cover

Paperback
Pages

320
Language

English
Edition

Reprint
Dewey

833.914 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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