{"product_id":"9780732285302-secondhand-the-lost-a-search-for-six-of-six-million","title":"The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition.  See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.  A description of our secondhand books is not always available.  Please contact  us if you have a question about this title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Daniel Mendelsohn\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 560\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.  As a child, acclaimed writer Daniel Mendelsohn bore such a resemblance to his long-lost great-uncle Shmiel that relatives would cry at the sight of him. Yet the fate of Shmiel and his family in World War II remained a long-taboo topic.  When Daniel stumbles across a cache of desperate letters written by Shmiel in  939 hinting at a horrible betrayal, he is moved to investigate what became of his relatives. A five-year quest eventually takes him to a dozen countries on four continents, and 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.  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.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44456093614299,"sku":"9780732285302-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/products\/9780732285302-us-300.jpg?v=1700447418","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780732285302-secondhand-the-lost-a-search-for-six-of-six-million","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}