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The Rings of Saturn

W.G. Sebald

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1995
Originally in
Originally in German
Pages
Pages 296

A melancholy walker crosses Suffolk on foot, and every ruin, herring and country house he passes opens onto histories of empire, silk and destruction.

In August 1992, when the dog days were drawing to an end, I set off to walk the county of Suffolk.
The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald

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