Author: by W. G. Sebald.
Translated by Michael Hulse
Publisher: New York: New Directions, 1998.
If you are after a
stylistically complex thought provoking read, then ‘The Rings of Saturn’ will
surely satisfy your reading needs. Lyrically written with a reflective tone,
this novel is an account of a traveler’s exploration of Suffolk, England.
Through his travels, he lets his mind wander about memories from his own mind
and history in which he references the 17th-century naturalist and physician, Thomas
Browne. Through his wanders, he lets himself slip in and out of the present
time and thus presenting a series of historical moments that are drenched in
the lands in which he explores. This novel essentially reveals the “inevitable nature of time and change and human
idiosyncrasies” (Goodreads). It is surely a good read for those wanting to
understand how history has shaped the modern world that has forgotten about its
past.
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