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Book Description
The Rings of Saturn follows the triumph of Seybold's highly acclaimed American debut, The Emigrants (New Directions, 1996). A fictional account of a walking tour through England's East Anglia, Sebald's home for more than twenty years, The Rings of Saturn explores Britain's pastoral and imperial pastContinue
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- English Books
- Hardcover 256 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0811213781
- ISBN-13: 9780811213783
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Pub date: May 01, 1998
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback and Others
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| 9780811213783 | Hardcover | $23.95 | $16.36 | bn.com |
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MarkPopham 
The blurb on the back claims this is a 'thought-provoking meditation on the transience of all things human', but I just found it a rambling collection of arcane knowledge allied with some lovely prose that served to further frustrate me.
There are some lovely passages that made me really enjoy ... (continue)
The blurb on the back claims this is a 'thought-provoking meditation on the transience of all things human', but I just found it a rambling collection of arcane knowledge allied with some lovely prose that served to further frustrate me.
There are some lovely passages that made me really enjoy the language, but I found myself aching for some structure to hang it on.
I gave up when I realised that it would continue in that vein.
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