An inventory of losses
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Author
Contributors
Smith, Jackie (Translator), translator.
Published
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2020.
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Published
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
General Note
First published in the German language as Verzeichnis einiger Verluste by Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin, in 2018.
Description
"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, and Rebecca Solnit, An Inventory of Losses is a beautiful evocation of twelve specific treasures that have been lost to the world forever, and that, taken as a whole, open mesmerizing new vistas of how to think about extinction and loss. With meticulous research and a vivid awareness of why we should care about these losses, Judith Schalansky, the acclaimed author of Atlas of Remote Islands, lets these objects speak for themselves: she ventriloquizes the tone of other sources, burrows into the language of contemporaneous accounts, and deeply interrogates the very notion of memory"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
Translated from the German.
Awards
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Winner
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schalansky, J., & Smith, J. (. (2020). An inventory of losses . New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schalansky, Judith, 1980- and Jackie (Translator), Smith. 2020. An Inventory of Losses. New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schalansky, Judith, 1980- and Jackie (Translator), Smith. An Inventory of Losses New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schalansky, Judith, and Jackie (Translator) Smith. An Inventory of Losses New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2020.
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