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The Secret of Lost Things by Hay, Sheridan
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780385518482
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
038551848X
ISBN-13
9780385518482
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038306955
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secret of Lost Things
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
General, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-015625
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
A brilliant version of the coming-to-adulthood-in-Manhattan story with a page-turner of a plot about a lost manuscript for which the people around the charming heroine are willing to do very nasty things. But beneath all the action, the theme of lost homes becomes ever more delicately insistent. Pacy, confident, and beautifully written, Lost Things satisfies on every level. -Nuala O'Faolain, #1 bestselling author of Are You Somebody? I loved The Secret of Lost Things. I loved the Arcade bookstore and the characters Sheridan Hay has created to occupy it. They are all a bit mad and very alive in this intriguing and hugely entertaining novel. -Roddy Doyle, Booker Prizewinning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha This is a book about bookishness, the presence of the past. Herman Melville's great ghost haunts the precincts of a bookstore, and the tale of those who hunt for him becomes both a kind of whodunit and a story of coming-of-age. Sheridan Hay peoples her canvas with characters both rare and strange, and there's a page-turning intensity to her heroine's quest after true love and truth. With The Secret of Lost Things, a genuine new artist has been found. -Nicholas Delbanco, author of Spring and Fall Sheridan Hay gives us New York in fresh snow, mother-memories in a box, a bookstore worthy of an opera, the rumblings and fumblings of desire, and a story stoked by (of all people!) Herman Melville-delivered in a voice at once wryly smart and truthfully sorrowing. How not to be won over? -Martha Cooley, author of The Archivist Sheridan Hay writes with a watchful eye and a nuanced heart, investing us in the fate of Rosemary Savage and the drama of bookish obsession becoming obsession plain and simple. She tracks her vivid eccentrics, flushes out their desperate natures, and suddenly we feel the old business of innocence and experience freshly lit. The tormented spirit of Melville comes gusting through, but by design-The Secret of Lost Things forges ahead on its own strong sail. -Sven Birkerts, author of The Gutenberg Elegies An utterly charming book. One turns these pages easily, with wonderment and delight, ushered into this strange, entrancing world of lost books, secrets, and the discoveries of a loving heart. -Sheila Kohler, author of Cracks, The Perfect Place, and The House on R Street, A brilliant version of the coming-to-adulthood-in-Manhattan story with a page-turner of a plot about a lost manuscript for which the people around the charming heroine are willing to do very nasty things. But beneath all the action, the theme of lost homes becomes ever more delicately insistent. Pacy, confident, and beautifully written, "Lost Things" satisfies on every level. -- Nuala O' Faolain, #1 bestselling author of "Are You Somebody?" -- Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize- winning author of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" This is a book about bookishness, the presence of the past. Herman Melville's great ghost haunts the precincts of a bookstore, and the tale of those who hunt for him becomes both a kind of whodunit and a story of coming-of-age. Sheridan Hay peoples her canvas with characters both rare and strange, and there's a page-turning intensity to her heroine's quest after true love and truth. With "The Secret of Lost Things," a genuine new artist has been found. -- Nicholas Delbanco, author of "Spring and Fall " Sheridan Hay gives us New York in fresh snow, mother-memories in a box, a bookstore worthy of an opera, the rumblings and fumblings of desire, and a story stoked by (of all people!) Herman Melville-- delivered in a voice at once wryly smart and truthfully sorrowing. How not to be won over? -- Martha Cooley, author of "The Archivist" Sheridan Hay writes with a watchful eye and anuanced heart, investing us in the fate of Rosemary Savage and the drama of bookish obsession becoming obsession plain and simple. She tracks her vivid eccentrics, flushes out their desperate natures, and suddenly we feel the old business of innocence and experience freshly lit. The tormented spirit of Melville comes gusting through, but by design-- "The Secret of Lost Things" forges ahead on its own strong sail. -- Sven Birkerts, author of "The Gutenberg Elegies" An utterly charming book. One turns these pages easily, with wonderment and delight, ushered into this strange, entrancing world of lost books, secrets, and the discoveries of a loving heart. -- Sheila Kohler, author of "Cracks," "The Perfect Place," and "The House on R Street", A brilliant version of the coming-to-adulthood-in-Manhattan story with a page-turner of a plot about a lost manuscript for which the people around the charming heroine are willing to do very nasty things. But beneath all the action, the theme of lost homes becomes ever more delicately insistent. Pacy, confident, and beautifully written,Lost Thingssatisfies on every level. -Nuala O'Faolain, #1 bestselling author ofAre You Somebody? I lovedThe Secret of Lost Things. I loved the Arcade bookstore and the characters Sheridan Hay has created to occupy it. They are all a bit mad and very alive in this intriguing and hugely entertaining novel. -Roddy Doyle, Booker Prizewinning author ofPaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha This is a book about bookishness, the presence of the past. Herman Melville's great ghost haunts the precincts of a bookstore, and the tale of those who hunt for him becomes both a kind of whodunit and a story of coming-of-age. Sheridan Hay peoples her canvas with characters both rare and strange, and there's a page-turning intensity to her heroine's quest after true love and truth. WithThe Secret of Lost Things, a genuine new artist has been found. -Nicholas Delbanco, author ofSpring and Fall Sheridan Hay gives us New York in fresh snow, mother-memories in a box, a bookstore worthy of an opera, the rumblings and fumblings of desire, and a story stoked by (of all people!) Herman Melville-delivered in a voice at once wryly smart and truthfully sorrowing. How not to be won over? -Martha Cooley, author ofThe Archivist Sheridan Hay writes with a watchful eye and a nuanced heart, investing us in the fate of Rosemary Savage and the drama of bookish obsession becoming obsession plain and simple. She tracks her vivid eccentrics, flushes out their desperate natures, and suddenly we feel the old business of innocence and experience freshly lit. The tormented spirit of Melville comes gusting through, but by design-The Secret of Lost Thingsforges ahead on its own strong sail. -Sven Birkerts, author ofThe Gutenberg Elegies An utterly charming book. One turns these pages easily, with wonderment and delight, ushered into this strange, entrancing world of lost books, secrets, and the discoveries of a loving heart. -Sheila Kohler, author ofCracks,The Perfect Place, andThe House on R Street
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Synopsis
Based on actual letters from Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne, this literary adventure captures the excitement of discovering a long-lost manuscript by a towering American writer and offers an evocative portrait of life in a bookstore very reminiscent of the world-famous Strand., A missing manuscript A young woman's voyage of discovery And the curious bookshop where it all begins... In this charming novel about the eccentricities and passions of booksellers and collectors, a captivating young Australian woman takes a job at a vast, chaotic emporium of used and rare books in New York City and finds herself caught up in the search for a lost Melville manuscript. Eighteen years old and completely alone, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. She begins her memorable search for independence with appealing enthusiasm, and the moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through huge piles of books and helping the rest of the staff--a group as odd and idiosyncratic as the characters in a Dickens novel. There's Pearl, the loving, motherly transsexual who runs the cash register; Oscar, who organizes the nonfiction section and shares his extensive, eclectic knowledge with Rosemary, but furiously rejects her attempts at a more personal relationship; and Arthur Pick, who supervises the art section and demonstrates a particular interest in photography books featuring naked men. The store manager, Walter Geist, is an albino, a lonely figure even within the world of the Arcade. When Walter's eyesight begins to fail, Rosemary becomes his assistant. And so it is Rosemary who first reads the letter from someone seeking to "place" a lost manuscript byHerman Melville. Mentioned in Melville's personal correspondence but never published, the work is of inestimable value, and proof of its existence brings the simmering ambitions and rivalries of the Arcade staff to a boiling point. Including actual correspondence by Melville, "The Secret of Lost Things" is at once a literary adventure that captures the excitement of discovering a long-lost manuscript by a towering American writer and an evocative portrait of life in a surprisingly colorful bookstore., "In this novel about the eccentricities and passions of booksellers and collectors, a captivating young Australian woman takes a job at a vast, chaotic emporium of used and rare books in New York City and finds herself caught up in the search for a lost Melville manuscript." "Eighteen years old and completely alone, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. She begins her memorable search for independence with appealing enthusiasm, and the moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through huge piles of books and helping the rest of the staff - a group as odd and idiosyncratic as the characters in a Dickens novel. There's Pearl, the loving, motherly transsexual who runs the cash register; Oscar, who organizes the nonfiction section and shares his extensive, eclectic knowledge with Rosemary, but furiously rejects her attempts at a more personal relationship; and Arthur Pick, who supervises the art section and demonstrates a particular interest in photography books featuring naked men." "The store manager, Walter Geist, is an albino, a lonely figure even within the world of the Arcade. When Walter's eyesight begins to fail, Rosemary becomes his assistant. And so it is Rosemary who first reads the letter from someone seeking to "place" a lost manuscript by Herman Melville. Mentioned in Melville's personal correspondence but never published, the work is of inestimable value, and proof of its existence brings the simmering ambitions and rivalries of the Arcade staff to a boiling point." "Including actual correspondence by Melville, The Secret of Lost Things is at once a literary adventure that captures the excitement of discovering a long-lost manuscript by a towering American writer and a portrait of life in a surprisingly colorful bookstore."--BOOK JACKET.
LC Classification Number
PS3608.A9S43 2006
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