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Judith Schalansky

Born 1980 · Germany

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Warwick Prize 2021 · Winner

    An Inventory of Losses

    Verzeichnis einiger Verluste

    Judith Schalansky · 38 when first published

    Short stories · 256 pages

    Translated by Jackie Smith

    AI-generated summary:Stories about things lost to the world, from the songs of Sappho and an extinct species of tiger to an island sunk in the Pacific and East Berlin's demolished Palace of the Republic, and about people who fight against oblivion.