Rings of Saturn

Die Ringe des Saturn

Synopsis: Mourning the illusion of ascent, mourning the order crumbling into dust. This is a funeral performed countless times, and we will eventually meet in the descent. This book, Sebald's internationally acclaimed follow-up to The Emigrants, records the narrator's "I"'s walking tour across the east coast of England, observing, thinking, and feeling along the way. Passing ancient English manors, the homes of deceased writers, dilapidated seaside resorts, and abandoned islands, he recalls and recounts various extraordinary tales, such as Thomas Browne's head, Rembrandt's anatomy lessons, the natural history of herrings, Conrad's journey to Africa, China's imperial railway, the historical connection between sugar and art, the bombing of World War II, a model of the Jerusalem Temple, and Norwich's sericulture.
This is a true literary journey, interwoven with events that touch upon literature, art, social history, and the natural sciences. Collective and personal memories intertwine, images complement text, and dreams and reality coexist. Readers are invited to enter this museum of memory and observe, alongside Sebald, the interplay of existence and memory, change and forgetting.
☀Media recommendation: Sebald's writing has moral weight and worrying wisdom, which transcends literature and enters the realm of oracle.
His voice is an extraordinary presence in modern literature, and it may take another decade to fully appreciate the weight and subtlety of his words.
—The New Yorker
This book is like a dream you want to have forever.
Sebald has accomplished what every writer dreams of. The Rings of Saturn radiates the brilliance and resilience of the human spirit.
—The New York Times Book Review
Sebald is that rare creature: an inimitable creator whose extraordinary sentences, like crystal, simultaneously refract and amplify their meaning.
——Booklist Magazine

2020-08-01

广西师范大学出版社

Xinmin said

312

9787559828309