Triste Tropique, Topographies of Sadness is a book from Damien Rudd, the man behind the Instagram account @sadtopographies, which curates a selection of the world’s more depressing locations, from Frustration Lake to Disappointment Island. French author Cécile Coulon, published here for the first time in English, provides a poetic commentary on each place, balancing geographic information with a linguistic light touch. This cartographic rendering of the human soul suggests that while one can feel isolated in the doldrums, there’s a place on earth for every bad feeling. ◉

All images from Damien Rudd & Cécile Coulon, Triste Tropique, Topographies of Sadness, JBE Books, Paris, 2018