- Germanic literature, New York Times reviewed, Loss (psychology), Essays (single author)
An Inventory of Losses (German: Verzeichnis einiger Verluste) is a book by Judith Schalansky originally published in Germany in 2018 by Suhrkamp Verlag (ISBN 978-3-518-42824-5). The chapters are oriented around twelve of the world's losses, each using a different writing style and having what sometimes might seem only a tangential relation to its title.
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- Author
- Judith Schalansky
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- Quercus, Suhrkamp, Acantilado
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- Dutch, German, English, cat
- ISBN
- 9780811229944
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**Judith Schalansky**, 1980 in Greifswald geboren, studierte Kunstgeschichte und Kommunikationsdesign. Ihr Werk, darunter der international erfolgreiche Bestseller [Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln](/works/OL15394977W/) (mare, 2009), der Bildungsroman [Der Hals der Giraffe](/works/OL19951729W/) (Suhrkamp, 2011) sowie das [Verzeichnis einiger Verluste](/works/OL20836098W/) (Suhrkamp, 2018) ist in mehr als 25 Sprachen übersetzt und wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet. Sie ist Herausgeberin der *Naturkunden* sowie der Bibliothek *Wildes Wissen* im Verlag Matthes & Seitz Berlin und lebt als freie Schriftstellerin und Buchgestalterin in Berlin. — [Literatur Port](https://www.literaturport.de/lexikon/judith-
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