Just　outside　Prague　today　there　is　a　place　of　beauty　and　serenity　where　the　village　of　Lidice　once　stood--before　the　Nazis　slaughtered　its　inhabitants　and　razed　it　to　the　ground　in　1942.　Joel　Sternfeld　seeks　out　similar　places　stained　by　violence　and　haunted　by　tragedy　in　the　American　landscape　in　this　provocative　book　that　questions　the　problematic　nature　of　photographic　representation.　The　image　of　Rockaway　Peninsula　on　Long　Island,　New　York,　is　pretty　enough　to　adorn　a　postcard;　it　also　happens　to　be　the　site　where　10　illegal　Chinese　immigrants　drowned　trying　to　reach　the　shore.