Book Discussion
LitHAUS: “An Inventory of Losses” by Judith Schalansky
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This month, the LitHAUS reading group will be reading An Inventory of Losses (2018) by Judith Schalansky and the book discussion will take place on May 26th @ 6:30 PM. Please register for the event beforehand and join the discussion
We give away five copies of the month's book selection about five weeks before each LitHAUS discussion. These will be distributed on a first-come-first-serve basis and availability will be announced on our social media channels.
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Feel free to read the novel in English or German; the discussion will be in English.
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About the book
An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky, translated by Jackie Smith
224 pages. ISBN 9780811229630
Named a best book of 2021 by The Wall Street Journal: “Disappearance may be a forlorn theme, but it has rarely been granted such reverent contemplation, or been made to feel so powerfully tangible.”
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Summary by New Directions
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Jackie Smith was selected for the New Books in German Emerging Translators Program and in 2017 won the Austrian Cultural Forum London Translation Prize.