W.G. Sebald's "The Rings of Saturn" - A Literary Exploration of History and Nature

For those looking for a great read, W.G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn is an excellent choice. This biography book is sure to impress with its high-quality binding and pages, making it easy to read and a great gift. It offers excellent value for money.

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The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald, is a captivating and thought-provoking novel that follows the narrator on a journey through the English countryside. Along the way, the narrator muses on history, nature, art, and literature, creating a unique and mesmerizing experience for the reader. The novel is an exploration of the human condition, and Sebald’s writing is both poetic and profound. With its stunning imagery and powerful prose, The Rings of Saturn is a must-read for anyone interested in literature and philosophy.
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Details of W.G. Sebald's "The Rings of Saturn" - A Literary Exploration of History and Nature

  • Paperback ‏ ‎: 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 0811226158
  • Best Sellers Rank: #41 in Travelogues & Travel Essays#60 in Author Biographies#2,423 in Literary Fiction
  • Literary Fiction (Books): Literary Fiction
  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 12 ounces
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-0811226158
  • Customer Reviews: 4.4/5 stars of 992 ratings
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: New Directions; Reprint edition
  • Travelogues & Travel Essays: Travelogues & Travel Essays
  • Author Biographies: Author Biographies
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 5.4 x 0.8 x 8 inches

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prof: I picked up a reference to this book from John Le Carre’s posthumous novel and found it to be rich in entwining memory, reality, fact and fiction as well as the ‘geography’ of East Anglia.

United Kingdom on Mar 07, 2022

Peggy Jones: One reads this book as if walking down a country lane and being astonished from time to time by the superb beauty encountered. The prose is luminous and astonishing.

Australia on Feb 07, 2021

B. D. Mahoney: W.SEBALD author of this book has written a tale of travels through ancient times. Even including catastrophic weather events of decades ago. I want to visit where he has gone. love his journey with silk manufacture and the Empires which tried and failed to manufacture. a welcome read and at times will take reader into exotic worlds.

Australia on May 15, 2019

CP: Stellar book, and this edition is pretty.

Germany on Nov 28, 2018

Amazon Customer: Good book, fast delivery.

Canada on Apr 05, 2018

Ethan Cooper: A word of advice: Before beginning THE RINGS OF SATURN, locate the “Contents” pages, which this reader, who turned immediately to Chapter I, overlooked. These pages are, IMO, indispensable, since they clarify the elegant, brilliant, but somewhat random trains of thought that W.G. Sebald follows in each chapter of this mesmerizing yet puzzling book.

To illustrate its value, the “Contents” pages indicate that the train of thought for Chapter II is: “The diesel train—Morton Peto’s palace—Visiting Somerleyton—The cities of Germany in flames—The decline of Lowestoft—The former coastal resort—Frederick Farrar and the court of King James II.” Note that in following this flow of subjects, Sebald develops a seamless narrative that:

o Starts in August 1992, when the narrator is traveling in an old diesel train that runs from Norwich to Lowestoft;

o Backs to the 1850s, when Morton Peto, an entrepreneur who built a fortune in Victorian England, builds Somerleyton, a massive country house, which is near Lowestoft and that Sebald compares to a palace in a fairy tale;

o Returns to 1992, when the narrator visits the decrepit and rundown...

United States on Aug 14, 2017

John P. Jones III: W.G. Sebald was a unique, astonishing erudite writer, and a master of segue, who was taken from us far too early (he died in a car accident, in 2001, at the age of 57). He left his native Germany after he had become an adult, and settled in East Anglia, in England. This book assumes the format of a ramble around the decaying villages and fields of Suffolk, interspersed with diverse discourses on a broad-range of historical events that span the globe, all accomplished in a matter-of-fact, yet sublime prose style. I was reminded of the "butterfly effect" from chaos theory; how the proverbial flap of a butterfly's wings in China could contribute to a tornado in Kansas. Likewise, Sebald makes these tenuous connections, often to Suffolk, to commence a digression thousands of miles removed. For example, another writer who immigrated to England was Joseph Conrad, who spent three months sailing on ships out of the Suffolk port of Lowestoft, in 1878, and from this slender thread Sebald launches into the brutal Belgian subjugation of the Congo, which was the setting of Conrad's most famous book,  Heart of Darkness  and the author goes on to chronicle the conscious of Roger...

United States on Apr 14, 2010



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Paperback ‏ ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 0811226158 1510766804 1544512287
Best Sellers Rank #41 in Travelogues & Travel Essays#60 in Author Biographies#2,423 in Literary Fiction #1 in Immunology #1 in Vaccinations#1 in Virology #142 in Health, Fitness & Dieting
Literary Fiction (Books) Literary Fiction
Language ‏ ‎ English English English
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 12 ounces 1.75 pounds 1.34 pounds
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-0811226158 978-1510766808 978-1544512280
Customer Reviews 4.4/5 stars of 992 ratings 4.8/5 stars of 24,433 ratings 4.8/5 stars of 91,143 ratings
Publisher ‏ ‎ New Directions; Reprint edition Skyhorse Publishing; Standard Edition Lioncrest Publishing
Travelogues & Travel Essays Travelogues & Travel Essays
Author Biographies Author Biographies
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 5.4 x 0.8 x 8 inches 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
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