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Jules Epstein has vanished, leaving no trace but a rundown flat and a monogrammed briefcase abandoned in the desert. To Epstein's family, the disappearance of a man whose drive and avidity have been a force to be reckoned with for 68 years marks the conclusion of a gradual fading. This transformation began in the wake of Epstein's parents' deaths, and continued with his divorce after more than 35 years of marriage, his retirement from a New York legal firm and the rapid shedding of possessions. With the last of his wealth and a nebulous plan, he departs for the Tel Aviv Hilton. Meanwhile, a novelist leaves her husband and children behind in Brooklyn and checks into the same hotel, hoping to unlock her writer's block. But when a man claiming to be a retired professor of literature recruits her for a project involving Kafka, she is drawn into a mystery that will take her on a metaphysical journey.
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Forest Dark, Nicole Krauss
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Forest Dark
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nicole Krauss
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1408871815
- ISBN13
- 9781408871812
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, American Literature, Children, Jewish Literature, Israel, Search, Forests, Father, Searching for Oneself, Wealth, Disappearance, Manuscripts, Silence, Tel Aviv
- First published
- 2017
- Original title
- Forest Dark
- Rating
- 3.1 out of 5
- Description
- Jules Epstein has vanished, leaving no trace but a rundown flat and a monogrammed briefcase abandoned in the desert. To Epstein's family, the disappearance of a man whose drive and avidity have been a force to be reckoned with for 68 years marks the conclusion of a gradual fading. This transformation began in the wake of Epstein's parents' deaths, and continued with his divorce after more than 35 years of marriage, his retirement from a New York legal firm and the rapid shedding of possessions. With the last of his wealth and a nebulous plan, he departs for the Tel Aviv Hilton. Meanwhile, a novelist leaves her husband and children behind in Brooklyn and checks into the same hotel, hoping to unlock her writer's block. But when a man claiming to be a retired professor of literature recruits her for a project involving Kafka, she is drawn into a mystery that will take her on a metaphysical journey.