Museum of Unconditional Surrender

A writer to cherish Susan Sontag The story of a shattered life can only be told in bits and pieces A pink cigarette lighter, lollipop sticks, a beer-bottle opener: these are some of the contents of Roland the Walrus s stomach, displayed in the Berlin Zoo. As our narrator wanders the city, she recalls the objects and memories, dreams and reflections that make up her life a photo album, a recipe,...