The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald -A Gripe
As the title suggests. I am currently about halfway done with The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald. I'm considering DNFing and would like someone to hopefully sell me on this novel.
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My biggest issue is that most of the book so far feels lifted, stolen, from his topics of choice. The book is either pictures or quotes and the amount of lines from Borges, Conrad, or others writings is honestly infuritiating to me.
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You know the old adage "every genius is just a clever thief", well I get the feeling so far that Sebald just might be a dense thief who thinks thats tying together a book of quotes and photographs sprinkled with existential prose is enough to be hailed as literary achievement. But hey, its top 100 all time to the guardian so maybe he is pretty clever.
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If im missing something please enlighten me. And if he's your favorite author im sorry for the uncharitable words but I feel I'm missing the point on this one.