{"product_id":"the-rings-of-saturn-9780811213783","title":"The Rings of Saturn","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Rings of Saturn, \u003c\/em\u003e with its curious archive of photographs, records a walking tour of the eastern coast of England. A few of the things that cross the path and mind of its narrator (who both is and is not Sebald) are lonely eccentrics. Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson, the natural history of the herring, Borges, a matchstick model of the Temple of Jerusalem, Sir Thomas Browne's skull, recession-hit seaside towns, Joseph Conrad, the once-thriving silk industry of Norwich, Swinburne, the dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, and the massive bombings of WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMesmerized by the mutability of all things, the narrator catalogs the transmigration of whole worlds: On every new thing, there lies already the shadow of annihilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSebald, W. G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - W. G. Sebald was born in Germany in 1944 and died in 2001. He is the author of The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, Vertigo, Austerlitz, After Nature, On the Natural History of Destruction, Unrecounted and Campo Santo.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSebald, W. G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eW. G. Sebald\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Germany in 1944 and died in 2001. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Emigrants\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAusterlitz\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfter Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Natural History of Destruction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnrecounted\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCampo Santo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHulse, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Hulse\u003c\/strong\u003e is an English translator, critic, and poet. Hulse has translated more than sixty books from the German.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50623114969362,"sku":"9780811213783","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed2a44f0-cb36-4759-a850-1de12f5e03f7.jpg?v=1732592294","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rings-of-saturn-9780811213783","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}