A forthcoming book by William Peynsaert.
The stories the statistics bury
Every statistic was somebody. Somebody who had a name, a way of laughing, a room they knew by heart. Somebody who wanted to grow up, fall in love, take a train, go home, see tomorrow.
Everybody Was Someone is an attempt to restore the human scale of catastrophe. Rather than let lives disappear into totals and headlines, the book stays close to individuals: their habits, hopes, relationships, small joys and unfinished futures.
This project grows out of DEPTH’s conviction that empathy and rigor belong together. We need to ask what happened, how we know, and whose life we fail to see when all we count are casualties.
Read from the project
Begin with The diary of Anan Farah, aged 15, a story published on The Confessor. You can also explore DEPTH’s Middle East writing.
Publication updates
The book is in preparation and is not yet available to purchase here. Subscribe to DEPTH for updates as publication details and ordering information become available.
