Things That Disappear : Reflections and Memories by Jenny Erpenbeck

Things That Disappear : Reflections and Memories by Jenny ErpenbeckFrom 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. The Palace of the Republic, that once housed the East German parliament, is demolished. A grandmother's laughter passes from life into memory. Furniture that once made a home is taken to the tip. A friendship drops into silence. Old ways are erased by the new. In this fascinating collection

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