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Condition
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Brand
Unbranded
MPN
Does not apply
ISBN
9780060542979
Book Title
Lost : a Search for Six of Six Million
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2006
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.6 in
Author
Daniel Mendelsohn
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Holocaust, Personal Memoirs, Jewish
Item Weight
31.1 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
528 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060542977
ISBN-13
9780060542979
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52631852

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lost : a Search for Six of Six Million
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Holocaust, Personal Memoirs, Jewish
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Daniel Mendelsohn
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
31.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-041096
Reviews
Epic and personal, meditative and suspenseful, tragic and at times hilarious, The Lost is a wonderful book., A magnificent and deeply wise book. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . Mendelsohn's accomplishment is enormous., A stirring detective work, The Lost is . deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history., Hugely ambitious yet intensely engaging. . . . Absorbing, novelistic. . . . Thought-provoking and original., A stirring detective work, The Lost is … deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history., The Lost is a sensitively written book that constantly asks itself the most difficult questions about history and memory., The Lost is a sensitively written book that constantly asks itself the most difficult questions about history and memory., "Daniel Mendelsohn has written a powerfully moving work of a "lost" family past. . . . A remarkable achievement."
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973/.049240092 B
Synopsis
Soon to be featured in the Ken Burns documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust , premiering on PBS September 18th A New York Times Notable Book - Winner of the National Jewish Book Award - Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award - A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist "A gripping detective story, a stirring epic, a tale of ghosts and dark marvels, a thrilling display of scholarship, a meditation on the unfathomable mystery of good and evil, a testimony to the enduring power of the ancient archetypes that haunt one Jewish family and the greater human family, The Lost is as complex and rich with meaning and story as the past it seeks to illuminate. A beautiful book, beautifully written."--Michael Chabon In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic--part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detective work--that brilliantly explores the nature of time and memory, family and history. The Lost begins as the story of a boy who grew up in a family haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust--an unmentionable subject that gripped his imagination from earliest childhood. Decades later, spurred by the discovery of a cache of desperate letters written to his grandfather in 1939 and tantalized by fragmentary tales of a terrible betrayal, Daniel Mendelsohn sets out to find the remaining eyewitnesses to his relatives' fates. That quest eventually takes him to a dozen countries on four continents and forces him to confront the wrenching discrepancies between the histories we live and the stories we tell. And it leads him, finally, back to the small Ukrainian town where his family's story began, and where the solution to a decades-old mystery awaits him. Deftly moving between past and present, interweaving a world-wandering odyssey with childhood memories of a now-lost generation of immigrant Jews and provocative ruminations on biblical texts and Jewish history, The Lost transforms the story of one family into a profound, morally searching meditation on our fragile hold on the past. Deeply personal, grippingly suspenseful, and beautifully written, this literary tour de force illuminates all that is lost, and found, in the passage of time., A New York Times Notable Book - Winner of the National Jewish Book Award - Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award - A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist "A gripping detective story, a stirring epic, a tale of ghosts and dark marvels, a thrilling display of scholarship, a meditation on the unfathomable mystery of good and evil, a testimony to the enduring power of the ancient archetypes that haunt one Jewish family and the greater human family, The Lost is as complex and rich with meaning and story as the past it seeks to illuminate. A beautiful book, beautifully written." -- Michael Chabon In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic--part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detective work--that brilliantly explores the nature of time and memory, family and history. The Lost begins as the story of a boy who grew up in a family haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust--an unmentionable subject that gripped his imagination from earliest childhood. Decades later, spurred by the discovery of a cache of desperate letters written to his grandfather in 1939 and tantalized by fragmentary tales of a terrible betrayal, Daniel Mendelsohn sets out to find the remaining eyewitnesses to his relatives' fates. That quest eventually takes him to a dozen countries on four continents and forces him to confront the wrenching discrepancies between the histories we live and the stories we tell. And it leads him, finally, back to the small Ukrainian town where his family's story began, and where the solution to a decades-old mystery awaits him. Deftly moving between past and present, interweaving a world-wandering odyssey with childhood memories of a now-lost generation of immigrant Jews and provocative ruminations on biblical texts and Jewish history, The Lost transforms the story of one family into a profound, morally searching meditation on our fragile hold on the past. Deeply personal, grippingly suspenseful, and beautifully written, this literary tour de force illuminates all that is lost, and found, in the passage of time., Soon to be featured in the Ken Burns documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust, premiering on PBS September 18th A New York Times Notable Book * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award * A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist "A gripping detective story, a stirring epic, a tale of ghosts and dark marvels, a thrilling display of scholarship, a meditation on the unfathomable mystery of good and evil, a testimony to the enduring power of the ancient archetypes that haunt one Jewish family and the greater human family, The Lost is as complex and rich with meaning and story as the past it seeks to illuminate. A beautiful book, beautifully written."--Michael Chabon In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic--part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detective work--that brilliantly explores the nature of time and memory, family and history. The Lost begins as the story of a boy who grew up in a family haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust--an unmentionable subject that gripped his imagination from earliest childhood. Decades later, spurred by the discovery of a cache of desperate letters written to his grandfather in 1939 and tantalized by fragmentary tales of a terrible betrayal, Daniel Mendelsohn sets out to find the remaining eyewitnesses to his relatives' fates. That quest eventually takes him to a dozen countries on four continents and forces him to confront the wrenching discrepancies between the histories we live and the stories we tell. And it leads him, finally, back to the small Ukrainian town where his family's story began, and where the solution to a decades-old mystery awaits him. Deftly moving between past and present, interweaving a world-wandering odyssey with childhood memories of a now-lost generation of immigrant Jews and provocative ruminations on biblical texts and Jewish history, The Lost transforms the story of one family into a profound, morally searching meditation on our fragile hold on the past. Deeply personal, grippingly suspenseful, and beautifully written, this literary tour de force illuminates all that is lost, and found, in the passage of time.
LC Classification Number
E184.37.M48L67 2006
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Copyright Date
2006

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  • Curious cover

    The book is great. HOWEVER, the book that I received does not have the title and author on the front cover. Only the background image. I'm curious if this was a reject or why the cover is different. No other damage or missing pages. Just no title, etc., on the hard cover.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • The Lost

    It is fascinating that he was able to piece so much together about the ordinary lives and tragic deaths of members of his family members through the holocaust. He started with rumors, but no real details, and was able to learn about each member of the family who had lived and died a generation before he was born- how they had lived and how they were murdered-details that nearer members had never known. He was able to learn even minute details that one rarely knows about family members who lived a half a world away. The italicized parts can be a little long and tedious, but explain much about Judaism. It also is a reminder to all to take advantage of the knowledge of your elders before they are no longer alive to tell what they know about the past. Worth reading!

  • Ok read

    I liked it i did not love it

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale