The Lost: The Search For Six Of Six Million (P.S.) - Brossura

Mendelsohn, Daniel

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ISBN 10: 0062277774 ISBN 13: 9780062277770

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2013

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

“Daniel Mendelsohn has written a powerfully moving work of memoirist appropriation of a “lost” family past in tones reminiscent of the richly expansive prose works of Proust and the elusive texts of W.G. Sebald—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)

“The Lost is the most gripping, the most amazing true story I have read in years. . . . Enthralling. . . . An immensely moving and beautifully written book.” (Charles Simic, The New York Review of Books)

“A stunning memoir. . . . Beautiful and powerfully moving. . . . As suspenseful as a detective thriller, and as difficult to put down. . . . . What makes The Lost so extraordinary is how loving it is.” (Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine)

“A remarkable personal narrative -- rigorous in its search for truth, at once tender and exacting. It is deeply moving, often distressing, sometimes funny. . . . Mendelsohn succeeds in assembling an immensely human tableau in which each witness has a face and each face a story and destiny.” (Elie Wiesel, The Washington Post Book World (front cover))

“A beautiful book, beautifully written.” (Michael Chabon)

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

“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)

“Daniel Mendelsohn has written a powerfully moving work of a “lost” family past. . . . A remarkable achievement.” (Joyce Carol Oates)

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062277774
• ISBN 13: 9780062277770
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 688