The Beautiful Losses

Can we separate our personal experiences from the world we live in?

Fred Pollack has wrestled with this question. In his work, individuals exist firmly in the context of their historical moment. The self and its depths don't orbit reality but reflect it, and it reflects them; the task of imagination is to capture that shared light.

This book will take you on many journeys. Pollack writes about people and societies across time and space. You will meet characters both real and fantastical, in...