A review by elmatera
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald

5.0

Rings of Saturn is less a novel than a set of interlocking essays that circle around a few grand themes with beautiful, beautiful writing. It's not a happy book, on the surface, since its themes are mainly about cruelty, decay and the illusion of human progress. But Sebald is one of the least bleak, most deeply satisfying authors I've read that hold such a dark and pessimistic view of the world.