EAN: 9780062430991

FOREST DARK - NICOLE KRAUSS GEBUNDEN

Jules Epstein  a man whose drive  avidity  and outsize personality have  for 68 years  been a
force to be reckoned with  is undergoing a metamorphosis. In the wake of his parents' deaths 
his divorce from his wife of more than 30 years  and his retirement from the New York legal
firm where he was a partner  he's felt an irresistible need to give away his possessions 
alarming his children and perplexing the executor of his estate. With the last of his wealth 
he travels to Israel with a nebulous plan to do something to honor his parents. In Tel Aviv  he
is sidetracked by a charismatic American rabbi planning a reunion for the descendants of King
David who insists that Epstein is part of that storied dynastic line. He also meets the rabbi's
beautiful daughter  who convinces Epstein to become involved in her own project - a film about
the life of David being shot in the desert - with life-changing consequences. But Epstein isn't
the only seeker embarking on a metaphysical journey that dissolves his sense of self  place 
and history. Leaving her family in Brooklyn  a young  well-known novelist arrives at the Tel
Aviv Hilton  where she has stayed every year since birth. Troubled by writer's block and a
failing marriage  she hopes that the hotel can unlock a dimension of reality - and her own
perception of life - that has been closed off to her. But when she meets a retired literature
professor who proposes a project she can't turn down  she's drawn into a mystery that alters
her life in ways she could never have imagined.

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