{"product_id":"the-rings-of-saturn-9780811213783","title":"The Rings of Saturn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rings of Saturn, \u003c\/i\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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811213783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 5.67w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/1998 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1998 pg. 522\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/1998 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/21\/2002 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. G. Sebald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644294951068,"sku":"9780811213783","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e7e1aa7b-6fb6-41c0-8cdc-5335df4cfc2b.jpg?v=1603858290","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-rings-of-saturn-9780811213783","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}