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2008 non-fiction book by Judith Schalansky
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Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
Cover of Atlas
AuthorJudith Schalansky
TranslatorChristine Lo
LanguageGerman
SubjectRemote islands
GenreAtlas
PublisherMare Verlag, Penquin Books
Publication date2009
Publication placeGermany
Published in English2010
Awards
  • Most Beautiful German Book of the Year (2009)
  • German Design Award(2011)
  • Red Dot Design Award(2011)
ISBN978-0-14311820-6

Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will (Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln fünfzig Inseln, auf denen ich nie war und niemals sein werde) is a book by Judith Schalansky originally published in Germany in 2009 by Mareverlag [de] (ISBN 978-3866481176). The atlas contains maps of 50 islands chosen by the author with accompanying descriptions of their natural and human histories, often written in a subjective, impressionistic style. It was the winner of the prize for the most beautiful German book of the year in 2009, the German Design Award in 2011, and the Red Dot Design Award in 2011. The English translation by Christine Lo was published by Penguin Books in 2010 under this title (ISBN 978-0-14311820-6) or (in 2012) as Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will (ISBN 978-1-84614348-9).

The book is divided in chapters for each ocean, presenting the islands in this order:

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Southern Ocean

References

  1. Das schönste deutsche Buch. Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine on: mare online
  2. Red Dot Award: Communication Design
  3. Stein, Sadie (8 January 2016). "Review of Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will by Judith Schalansky, trans. by Christine Lo". The Paris Review (theparisreview.org).
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