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Forest Dark is two stories with two narrators; the paths of the narrators never cross. (I kept waiting. You kind of expect that, don't you?) Both narrators are at crossroads in their lives. The story of the rich old man was very compelling, as we follow him during his later years, abruptly, inexplicably, divorcing after a long marriage, giving away all his possessions, and moving to Israel. The second story is that of a well-respected writer who has writer's block and tries to remedy it by headi
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I listened to the audiobook version, and it was well-performed, but I had to go back and listen to some chapters again, the ideas discussed are sometimes very dense.
This is a story about two people Jules Epstein, a retired wealthy lawyer who at a turning point in his life decides to reconnect to his roots in Israel. Parallel to this story, and seemingly unrelated to it, is another trip taken by a writer in search for something also in Israel, to counter a slump she experienced in her married an ...more
This is a story about two people Jules Epstein, a retired wealthy lawyer who at a turning point in his life decides to reconnect to his roots in Israel. Parallel to this story, and seemingly unrelated to it, is another trip taken by a writer in search for something also in Israel, to counter a slump she experienced in her married an ...more
How disappointing...I’ve previously loved her other work, but this was extremely cerebral and I’m either too dumb to get it or it was actually boring. I couldn’t finish it. And BLAH to the main character with writer’s block...we all get it! Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
Krauss channels Kafka and Roth -- if you like that sort of thing -- and I do.
Aug 18, 2017
Lauren
marked it as to-read
Nov 03, 2017
AGB
marked it as to-read
Dec 22, 2017
Terri
marked it as jewish-book-club
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