Reviews

Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission by Michael Turner, Caryl Phillips, Russell Banks, Michael Redhill, Bill Richardson, Esta Spalding, Margaret Atwood, Ronald Wright, Michael Ondaatje, Linda Spalding

jedwardsusc's review against another edition

3.0

I picked up Lost Classics because one of its essays reviews the Codex Seraphinianus--a book I'm mildly obsessed with at the moment. The essays, like the books they review, are a mixed bag. Some are wonderfully written odes to lost gems, and I've added several books to my "to read" list because of them. Some are deeply personal descriptions of childhood reading experiences that can never be recovered. Some I just don't get, but that's okay. Many of the reviews are for books of poetry, and there are a lot of British and Canadian authors represented.

debnanceatreaderbuzz's review

4.0

A keeper. Authors write about obscure books that changed their lives, books we readers should find and read.