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

4.25

The learning curve to read this book (as in, learning how to read this book) is actually so high it gave me headaches. In the beginning it all seemed to blur together until I got to the Casement and Hamburger episodes; from then on it felt like Sebald's literary methods gained stakes. Slowly the progression of sentiments in the book became clearer as well. It's a story which seeks to gauge the importance of its existence as it's being told, distilling a millennium's worth of history to amplify the immediate relationships at the heart of it. Just be sure to have a coffee before you read.