The Lost [Import] [Hardcover]

Jonathan Aycliffe (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Harper; First edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002252392
• ISBN-13: 978-0002252393
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,679,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oozes Atmosphere, August 14, 2002

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Delia M. Stuart (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lost (Hardcover)

I'm not sure what the others here were expecting. Perhaps Anne Rice or some such. I found 'The Lost' to be one of those 'I can't wait to get home from work and finish it' titles. When I did finish the book, laying on the couch at five A.M., I was actually frightened to get up and walk through the empty house, something that rarely happens to me with horror. Aycliffe is a master.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of "literary horror.", March 6, 2000

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Thomas M. Sipos (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lost (Hardcover)

This book belongs to two genres: horror and "literary novel." Those who expect a straight horror novel will be disappointed.

It's a short, neat little book. Its atmospheric prose evokes that of another British "literary ghost story" writer: Robert Aickman.

I visited Transylvania as a child in the 1970s, and seen Bucharest, and Aycliffe describes it well in this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good..., August 6, 2006

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Logical Libertine (Sarasota, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lost (Paperback)

This is one of those books that people either really anjoy or truly hate - simply down to style.

This book doesn't take itself too seriously, and the reader shouldn't be expecting "The Exorcist" level of horror - this is gothic through and through. If you enjoyed Dracula or Frankenstien then you could probably appreciate this modern novel that lends much to those classics.

The story is composed of various letters, journal entries and transcripts of tape recordings, making for fairly short "chapters".

Perfect for a cozy winter night...