An Inventory of Losses
Each disparate object described in this book-a Caspar David Friedrich painting, a species of tiger, a villa in Rome, a Greek love poem, an island in the Pacific-shares a common fate: it no longer exists, except as the dead end of a paper trail. Recalling the works of W. G. Sebald, Bruce Chatwin, or Rebecca Solnit, An Inventory of Losses is a beautiful evocation of twelve specific treasures that have been lost to the world forever, and, taken as a whole, opens mesmerizing new vistas of how we can think about extinction and loss. With meticulous research and a vivid awareness of why we should care about these losses, Judith Schalansky, the…
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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Jackie (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-2963-0
- EAN: 9780811229630
- Produktnummer: 32851547
- Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm
Über den Autor
Judith Schalansky, born in Greifswald in 1980, lives in Berlin and works as a writer, book designer, and editor (of the prestigious natural history list at Matthes und Seitz). Her books, including the international bestseller Atlas of Remote Islands and the novel The Giraffe's Neck, have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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