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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The question was whe the things had got to. The local history section of the ma
library, which has since been destroyed by fire, was unable give me any
information concerning the Norfolk & No Hospital and the whereabouts of
Browne's skull.
The question was whe the things had got to. The local history section of the ma
library, which has since been destroyed by fire, was unable give me any
information concerning the Norfolk & No Hospital and the whereabouts of
Browne's skull.
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Of all the things Katy said to Lizzie and Lizzie to Katy, I remember only one odd
scrap. I think Katy, or Lizzie, was describing a holiday on Malta where, she said,
the Maltese, with a death-defying insouciance quite beyond comprehension, ...
Of all the things Katy said to Lizzie and Lizzie to Katy, I remember only one odd
scrap. I think Katy, or Lizzie, was describing a holiday on Malta where, she said,
the Maltese, with a death-defying insouciance quite beyond comprehension, ...
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Probably it was the servants, who often worked for decades for scant wages and
were no more able to find a place elsewhere at so advanced an age than their
masters were, who kept things more or less ticking over. When they lay down to ...
Probably it was the servants, who often worked for decades for scant wages and
were no more able to find a place elsewhere at so advanced an age than their
masters were, who kept things more or less ticking over. When they lay down to ...
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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
LibraryThing Review
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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