
Sad Topographies is an illustrated guide for the melancholic among us Dispirited travellers rejoice as Damien Rudd journeys across continents in search of the world's most joyless place names & their fascinating etymologies Behind each lugubrious place name exists a story a richly interwoven narrative of mythology history landscape misadventure & tragedy From Disappointment Island in the Southern Ocean to Misery in Germany across to Lonely Island in Russia or if you're feeling more intrepid pay a visit to Mount Hopeless in Australia
- all from the comfort of your armchair With hand drawn maps by illustrator Kateryna Didyk Sad Topographies will steer you along paths that lead to strange & obscure places navigating the terrains of historical fact & imaginative fiction At turns poetic & dark-humoured this is a travel guide quite like no other Damien Rudd is the founder of the hugely popular Instagram account sadtopographies