{"product_id":"in-memory-of-memory-9780811228831","title":"In Memory of Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, and Osip Mandelstam, \u003cem\u003eIn Memory of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e is imbued with rare intellectual curiosity and a wonderfully soft-spoken, poetic voice. Dipping into various forms--essay, fiction, memoir, travelogue, and historical documents--Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities and offers an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDugdale, Sasha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sasha Dugdale is a British poet, playwright, and translator.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStepanova, Maria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Maria Stepanova, born in Moscow in 1972, is a poet, essayist, and journalist, and editor in chief of the online newspaper Colta. In 2018, she was awarded the Bolshaya Kniga Award for \u003cem\u003eIn Memory of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631407927570,"sku":"9780811228831","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee999d95-7695-493a-9b35-da15c8c51d11.jpg?v=1732770617","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-memory-of-memory-9780811228831","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}