Book description
This work is a collection of photographs of the various cemeteries in New Orleans, which attempts to capture their atmosphere and spirit.
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1 author picked Elysium as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is one of the few books on cemeteries that captures the unmistakable ethereal beauty of graveyards. Sandra Clark’s spectacular photographic collection of images from some of America’s most breathtaking memorials in New Orleans brings together art and science, soliloquy and stone, and most importantly, life and death.
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