The passion of knowing. The Missing of Daniel Mendelshon

The passion for knowledge always concerns the question of individual, ancestral, and/or collective roots. Daniel Mendelsohn’s book, The Lost, is the story of the author’s passionate search for knowledge and the journey he undertook to trace the fate of his maternal great-uncle’s family. Mingling intellectual mastery and emotional experience of knowledge, Mendelsohn reaches a tipping point which enables him to connect with creative, living wisdom. His reunion with his relatives fosters a bond with the deep layers of his psyche.