The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald

[sine_nixus]

Combustion is the hidden principle behind every artefact we create. The making of a fish-hook, manufacture of a china cup, or production of a television programme, all depend on the same process of combustion. Like our bodies and like our desires, the machines we have devised are possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers. From the

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[anonymous]

this is the weirdest thing i've read over lj. who write like this for reals?

[sine_nixus]

It's an excerpt from a book, The Rings of Saturn , by W.G. Sebald.

I would think there are far weirder things on lj than beautiful writing.

[mauve_boudoir]

I would think there are far weirder things on lj than beautiful writing.
- amen :)