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Lost, October 2000
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Not since The Reader has a work of fiction so stunningly evoked the guilt and shame that resounds in postwar Germany. In this debut novel of astonishing originality, we bear witness to a family ravaged with regret at the loss of their child.
Vintage
October 2000
144 pages
ISBN: 0375706224
Trade Size (reprint)
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As a young boy, the narrator learns that his parents lost
their firstborn son while fleeing the advancing Russian Army
in 1945. Though his family has comfortably settled in
Westphalen, the memory of Arnold continues to haunt them.
The narrator shares his parents' anguish, but he can't
resist feeling resentful, for his brother's absence is the
most defining aspect of his life. When his parents learn of
a foundling that resembles Arnold, they embark on a horrific
quest to claim him as their own, only to endure a series of
unanticipated twists that lead to a startling denouement. At
turns uncanny, subtle, and perversely amusing, Lost is a
chilling novel of mesmerizing power.
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