โ Scribed by Straten, Giorgio van
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The gripping and elegiac stories of eight lost books, and the mysterious circumstances behind their disappearances.
They exist as a rumour or a fading memory. They vanished from history leaving scarcely a trace, lost to fire, censorship, theft, war or deliberate destruction, yet those who seek them are convinced they will find them.
This is the story of one man's quest for eight mysterious lost books.
Taking us from Florence to Regency London, the Russian Steppe to British Columbia, Giorgio van Straten unearths stories of infamy and tragedy, glimmers of hope and bitter twists of fate. There are, among others, the rediscovered masterpiece that he read but failed to save from destruction; the Hemingway novel that vanished in a suitcase at the Gare du Lyon; the memoirs of Lord Byron, burnt to avoid a scandal; the Magnum Opus of Bruno Schulz, disappeared along with its author in wartime Poland; the mythical Sylvia Plath novel that may one day become reality.
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Number of Words in Auth: 3
Formats : EPUB
Number of Formats : 1
Has Cover : Yes
All Identifiers : isbn:9781782273738
Single Author : Giorgio van Straten
Original Source : New_Files_Train_Pack_2018-123
Sorted Author by LN, FN: Straten, Giorgio van
Title Length : 023
Title Parm D : In Search of Lost Books
Title Parm G : In Search of Lost Books
Title Parm A : In Search of Lost Books
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ES Lib Name : NIRC 2018-10
Record ID : 579
Uncomma Author : Giorgio van Straten
Num of Aut : 1
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