Things That Disappear
Jenny Erpenbeck
| Publish Date | 3 February, 2026 | |
| RRP | $26.99 |
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 friendship, or a change in social attitudes, Erpenbeck's sharp intelligence, eye for telling detail, and her nuanced perspective on her country's history and her own writing lifeimbue these short pieces with lasting power.
Jenny Erpenbeck is the author of The Old Child & The Book of Words (2008), Visitation (2010) and The End of Days (2014, winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize), and Go, Went, Gone (2017). as well as Not a Novel: Collected Writings and Reflections (2020). In 2024, her novel Kairos was awarded the International Booker Prize. Her work is translated into over thirty languages.
Kurt Beals is a translator and professor at the University of Richmond.
Kurt Beals is a translator and professor at the University of Richmond.
| ISBN | 9781803512990 | |
| Pages | 80 | |
| Publisher | Granta | |
| Format | Paperback |