Short essays on memory and impermanence: Offers intimate reflections on the loss and transformation of familiar things
Engaging personal narratives: Provides readers with vivid accounts of demolished places, friendships, and social changes
Nuanced perspectives on history and writing: Explores broader themes through the lens of individual experience
Award-winning author: Written by Jenny Erpenbeck, the 2024 International Booker Prize winner
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From the 2024 winner of the International Booker Prize, a collection of short essays on the places, people, rituals and objects that slip into the realm of memory. In this fascinating collection, Jenny Erpenbeck meditates on the disappearance and impermanence of things. Whether recalling the demolition of familiar places, the loss of a fri