title: Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission
author: Michael Ondaatje
description: Writers, it's often said, are readers first and writers second. Frequently, it is the indelible mark left by some book that inspires a person to commit to the writing life. Mining that vein, the editors of <i>Brick</i>, a Canadian literary journal, asked their contributors "to tell us the story of a book loved and lost." The "Lost Classics" issue has been expanded into a book, in which 73 authors--Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, John Irving, Philip Levine, Anchee Min, and Michael Ondaatje among them--write about the books they've loved and lost.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  LOST
  
  
  Deluge Series
  
  
  Book 5
  
  
  
  
  
  By
  
  
  Kevin Partner
  
  
  Mike Kraus
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2020 Muonic Press Inc
  
  
  [www.muonic.com](http://www.muonic.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  ***
  
  
  
  
  
  [https://www.kevpartner.co.uk/](https://www.kevpartner.co.uk/)
  
  
  [https://www.facebook.com/KevPartnerAuthor/](https://www.facebook.com/KevPartnerAuthor/)
  
  
  
  
  
  ***
  
  
  
  
  
  [www.MikeKrausBooks.com](http://www.MikeKrausBooks.com)
  
  
  [hello@mikeKrausBooks.com](mailto:hello@mikeKrausBooks.com)
  
  
  [www.facebook.com/MikeKrausBooks](http://www.facebook.com/MikeKrausBooks)
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any electronic,
  mechanical or other means, without the permission in writing from the author.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#_Toc61012078)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html#_Toc61012079)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.html#_Toc61012080)
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.html#_Toc61012081)
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0008.html#_Toc61012082)
  
  
  [Ch