An Inventory of Losses
Schalansky, Judith / Smith, Jackie![An Inventory of Losses](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/362/36232489/CHSBZCOP0336232489.jpg)
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 a...