From one of Europe`s most revered authors, a tale of one man`s obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, & humanity`s darkest atrocities in order to oppose them Claudio Magris`s searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war & its savagery in every age & every country. His tale centers on a man whose maniacal devotion to the creation of a Museum of War involves both a horrible secret & the hope of redemption. Luisa Brooks, his museum`s curator, a descendant of victims of Jewish exile & of black slavery, has a complex dilemma: will the collections she exhibits save humanity from repeating its tragic & violent past? Or might the display of articles of war actually valorize & memorialize evil atrocities? In Blameless Magris affirms his mastery of the novel form, interweaving multiple themes & traveling deftly through history. With a multitude of stories, the author investigates individual sorrow, the societal burden of justice aborted, & the ways in which memory & historical evidence are sabotaged or sometimes salvaged.