National Book Award for Translated Literature
An Inventory of Losses
A work of brief essays and descriptions that gathers lost things and places into a quiet meditation on loss, memory, and form.
Work Information
A work of brief essays and descriptions about lost things and places.
A work of brief essays and descriptions that gathers lost things and places into a quiet meditation on loss, memory, and form.
Book Information
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Published
- 2020-12-08
- Pages
- 253 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 12.7 x 2.29 x 20.83 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780811229630
- ISBN-10
- 0811229637
- Price
- 4991 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Essays & Correspondence/Essays
An Inventory of LossesAtlas of Remote Islands
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. Jackie Smith is a literary translator working from German and French into English. After graduating from Cambridge University she worked as a commercial translator before dedicating herself full-time to creative and book translations. In 2015 she was selected to participate in the New Books in German 'Emerging Translators Programme'. Her translation of an excerpt from Hans Platzgumer's novel Am Rand ( On the Edge ) won the Austrian Cultural Forum London Translation Prize 2017.
Reviews
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Interesting, lyrical, unique, moving... I recommend
I really enjoyed this. It is not to everyone's taste. But it focuses on a few really interesting things (some more interesting than others) and explores them in a poetic, Ondatjee-esque way. You'll enjoy reading it and feel wiser afterwards. Give it a go!
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The book did not have a protective packaging and was damaged when received
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Very poor quality binding
Very poor quality binding. Also no dustcover; instead, the cover art is printed directly on the boards, which are slightly warped. Disappointing for the price. If I were the author I would not be happy to have my work presented this way. Probably best to wait for the paperback.
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Disappointed
Introduction was excellent. Remainder of the book was a big disappointment.