01260nam a22001817a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040001600080041001200096082001400108100002600122245000900148250002500157260003200182300002100214500084300235OSt20251215064634.0250728b        |||||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d  a9780375706226  cGZK Library  aEnglish  aFP1999/08  aTreichel, Hans-Ulrich  aLost  a1st.edbOctober,2000  aNew York :bVintage ,c1999  a136p.c13cmx21cm  aAs a young boy the narrator learns form his parents that Arnold, the older brother he  believed to have starved to death, might actually be alive. Fearing for their safety during their flight from the advancing Russian Army in 1945, his parents placed baby Arnold into the arms of a  refugee, losing them both amidst the crowd. The family has settled in Westphalen and established a new life for themselves, but losing Arnold continues to haunt them. While the narrator shares in his parents anguish and devastation, he cant resist the feeling resentful, for his brother's absence is the most present and defining aspect of his life. when his parents learn of a foundling who resembles Arnold, they embark on a horrific quest to claim him as their own. At turns uncanny, subtle, and amusing, Lost is a chilling novel of mesmerizing power.