In 1974 W. G. Sebald wrote a travelogue for the educated German reader, proposing a circular tour of discovery around East Anglia. He recommends places to experience and gives advice on where to stay overnight. For the modern reader, who knows Sebald’s literary works, the interesting thing is to work out what motivates his attraction and to note the places to which he will return 20 years later in Die Ringe des Saturn.
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