The Rings of SaturnW. G. Sebald's new book is a work of imaginative literature, the fictional record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia, Sebald's home for the last 20 years. It is also an exploration of England's pastoral and imperial past. |
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It was at that time too that Le Strange took on the housekeeper to whom he
eventually left his entire fortune: his estates in Suffolk as well as property in the
centre of Birmingham estimated at several million pounds. According to the
newspaper ...
It was at that time too that Le Strange took on the housekeeper to whom he
eventually left his entire fortune: his estates in Suffolk as well as property in the
centre of Birmingham estimated at several million pounds. According to the
newspaper ...
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heard it said that in his old age, since he had worn out his wardrobe and saw no
point in buying new clothes, Le Strange would wear garments dating from
bygone days which he fetched out of chests in the attic as he needed them. There
were ...
heard it said that in his old age, since he had worn out his wardrobe and saw no
point in buying new clothes, Le Strange would wear garments dating from
bygone days which he fetched out of chests in the attic as he needed them. There
were ...
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from an allergy to alcohol — none of these things are particularly strange. But
why it was that on my first visit to Michael's house I instantly felt as if I lived or had
once lived there, in every respect precisely as he does, I cannot explain. All I
know ...
from an allergy to alcohol — none of these things are particularly strange. But
why it was that on my first visit to Michael's house I instantly felt as if I lived or had
once lived there, in every respect precisely as he does, I cannot explain. All I
know ...
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LibraryThing Review
Nutzerbericht - datrappert - LibraryThingAfter being very impressed by Austerlitz, I bought the Kindle version of the Rings of Saturn, which was on sale at a bargain price. First, I highly recommend reading Sebald's work on Kindle because he ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - MichaelODullard - LibraryThingThe Rings of Saturn - with its curious archive of photographs - records a walking tour of the eastern coast of England. A few of the things which cross the path and mind of its narrator (who both is ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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already amidst Aris Kindt Ashbury Bawdsey beach body Boulge Bredfield Browne's building Casement century clouds coast Congo dark dead death deserted Ditchingham Ditchingham Hall dream Dunwich Dunwich Heath earth Empress eyes fields fire fish FitzGerald garden Garden of Cyrus gaze German green grey hall hand head hour hundred Independent on Sunday Janine knew Konrad Korzeniowski land later light lived London looked Lowestoft Matadi Michael morning mulberry never night North Sea Norwich º º once Orford palace park perhaps reached recall remained seemed sericulture Shingle Street silk cultivation silkworms sitting sºlº Somerleyton Southwold stone stood strange streets Suffolk summer Swinburne Temple things Thomas Abrams Thomas Browne thought thousand took towers town travelled trees turn Vicomte W. G. Sebald walked walls window writing