{"product_id":"an-inventory-of-losses-hardcover","title":"An Inventory of Losses - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Schalansky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJackie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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, \u003cem\u003eAn Inventory of Losses\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e With meticulous research and a vivid awareness of why we should care about these losses, Judith Schalansky, the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eAtlas of Remote Islands\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769552306464,"sku":"9780811229630","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d172fab7491a945144cd5ae9197c4551.jpg?v=1780350679","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-inventory-of-losses-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}