The Lost: The Search for Six of Six Million

by Daniel Mendelsohn

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062314703
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/12/2013
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	688
Sales rank:	65,447
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Daniel Mendelsohn a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker, is the author of the international bestseller The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million. He teaches at Bard College.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

April 16, 1960

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., Classics, University of Virginia, 1982; M.A., Classics, Princeton University, 1989; Ph.D., 1994

Website:

http://www.danielmendelsohn.com

What People are Saying About This

Joyce Carol Oates

“Daniel Mendelsohn has written a powerfully moving work of a “lost” family past. . . . A remarkable achievement.”

Francine Prose

“A stunning memoir. . . . As suspenseful as a detective thriller, and as difficult to put down.”

J. M. Coetzee

“A stirring detective work, The Lost is … deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history.”

Ron Rosenbaum

“Hugely ambitious yet intensely engaging. . . . Absorbing, novelistic. . . . Thought-provoking and original.”

Charles Simic

“The Lost is the most gripping, the most amazing true story I have read in years.”

Garry Wills

“Mendelsohn, a classicist, creates a stunning Odyssey here, an epic world-wandering.”

Samuel G. Freedman

“Stunning. . . . A singular achievement, a work of major significance and pummeling impact.”

Jonathan Safran Foer

“Epic and personal, meditative and suspenseful, tragic and at times hilarious, The Lost is a wonderful book.”

Michael Chabon

“A beautiful book, beautifully written.”

Rebecca Goldstein

“A stunning achievement. . . . Extraordinary.”

Editorial Reviews

Daniel Mendelsohn has written a powerfully moving work of a “lost” family past. . . . A remarkable achievement.

Joyce Carol Oates

“An excellent memoir. . . . The Lost . . . brings to life the struggle of an entire generation.

People

A grand book, an ambitious undertaking fully realized.

The Forward

The Lost is a sensitively written book that constantly asks itself the most difficult questions about history and memory.

BookForum

Mendelsohn, a classicist, creates a stunning Odyssey here, an epic world-wandering.

Garry Wills

A stirring detective work, The Lost is … deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history.

J. M. Coetzee

Stunning. . . . A singular achievement, a work of major significance and pummeling impact.

Samuel G. Freedman

The Lost is the most gripping, the most amazing true story I have read in years.

Charles Simic

A stunning memoir. . . . As suspenseful as a detective thriller, and as difficult to put down.

Francine Prose

A beautiful book, beautifully written.

Michael Chabon

A stunning achievement. . . . Extraordinary.

Rebecca Goldstein

Hugely ambitious yet intensely engaging. . . . Absorbing, novelistic. . . . Thought-provoking and original.

Ron Rosenbaum

A magnificent and deeply wise book. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . Mendelsohn's accomplishment is enormous.

The Los Angeles Times Book Review

An excellent memoir. . . . The Lost . . . brings to life the struggle of an entire generation.

People (four stars)

Epic and personal, meditative and suspenseful, tragic and at times hilarious, The Lost is a wonderful book.

Jonathan Safran Foer

"An excellent memoir. . . . The Lost . . . brings to life the struggle of an entire generation."

People Magazine