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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.

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A magnificent and deeply wise book. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . Mendelsohn's accomplishment is enormous. -- The Los Angeles Times Book Review

The Lost is a sensitively written book that constantly asks itself the most difficult questions about history and memory. --BookForum A stirring detective work, The Lost is ... deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history. --J. M. Coetzee Mendelsohn, a classicist, creates a stunning Odyssey here, an epic world-wandering. --Garry Wills A beautiful book, beautifully written. --Michael Chabon A grand book, an ambitious undertaking fully realized. --The Forward A magnificent and deeply wise book. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . Mendelsohn's accomplishment is enormous. --The Los Angeles Times Book Review A stirring detective work, The Lost is ... deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history. --J. M. Coetzee A stunning achievement. . . . Extraordinary. --Rebecca Goldstein, The New York Observer A stunning memoir. . . . As suspenseful as a detective thriller, and as difficult to put down. --Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine An excellent memoir. . . . The Lost . . . brings to life the struggle of an entire generation. --People (four stars) Daniel Mendelsohn has written a powerfully moving work of a lost family past. . . . A remarkable achievement. --Joyce Carol Oates Epic and personal, meditative and suspenseful, tragic and at times hilarious, The Lost is a wonderful book. --Jonathan Safran Foer Hugely ambitious yet intensely engaging. . . . Absorbing, novelistic. . . . Thought-provoking and original. --Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Times Book Review (front cover) Mendelsohn, a classicist, creates a stunning Odyssey here, an epic world-wandering. --Garry Wills Stunning. . . . A singular achievement, a work of major significance and pummeling impact. --Samuel G. Freedman, The Chicago Tribune The Lost is a sensitively written book that constantly asks itself the most difficult questions about history and memory. --BookForum The Lost is the most gripping, the most amazing true story I have read in years. --Charles Simic, The New York Review of Books A beautiful book, beautifully written. --Michael Chabon A grand book, an ambitious undertaking fully realized. --The Forward A magnificent and deeply wise book. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . Mendelsohn s accomplishment is enormous. --The Los Angeles Times Book Review A stirring detective work, The Lost is deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history. --J. M. Coetzee A stunning achievement. . . . Extraordinary. --Rebecca Goldstein, The New York Observer A stunning memoir. . . . As suspenseful as a detective thriller, and as difficult to put down. --Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine An excellent memoir. . . . The Lost . . . brings to life the struggle of an entire generation. --People (four stars) Daniel Mendelsohn has written a powerfully moving work of a lost family past. . . . A remarkable achievement. --Joyce Carol Oates Epic and personal, meditative and suspenseful, tragic and at times hilarious, The Lost is a wonderful book. --Jonathan Safran Foer Hugely ambitious yet intensely engaging. . . . Absorbing, novelistic. . . . Thought-provoking and original. --Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Times Book Review (front cover) Mendelsohn, a classicist, creates a stunning Odyssey here, an epic world-wandering. --Garry Wills Stunning. . . . A singular achievement, a work of major significance and pummeling impact. --Samuel G. Freedman, The Chicago Tribune The Lost is a sensitively written book that constantly asks itself the most difficult questions about history and memory. --BookForum The Lost is the most gripping, the most amazing true story I have read in years. --Charles Simic, The New York Review of Books A beautiful book, beautifully written. -- Michael Chabon A stirring detective work, The Lost is . deepened by reflections on the inescapable part that chance plays in history. -- J. M. Coetzee A stunning achievement. . . . Extraordinary. -- Rebecca Goldstein, The New York Observer

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