Forest Dark: A Novel

作者 Nicole Krauss作者
出版社 Harper
出版时间 2017年9月
ISBN 0062430998 或 9780062430991
定价 142.20

内容简介

ANewYorkTimesNotableBookoftheYearNationalBestsellerAPublishersWeeklyBestBookof2017AGlobeandMailBestBookoftheYear"Abrilliantnovel.Iamfullofadmiration."—PhilipRoth"OneofAmerica’smostimportantnovelists"(NewYorkTimes),theaward-winning,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofTheHistoryofLove,conjuresanachinglybeautifulandbreathtakinglyoriginalnovelaboutpersonaltransformationthatinterweavesthestoriesoftwodisparateindividuals—anolderlawyerandayoungnovelist—whosetranscendentalsearchleadsthemtothesameIsraelidesert.JulesEpstein,amanwhosedrive,avidity,andoutsizedpersonalityhave,forsixty-eightyears,beenaforcetobereckonedwith,isundergoingametamorphosis.Inthewakeofhisparents’deaths,hisdivorcefromhiswifeofmorethanthirtyyears,andhisretirementfromtheNewYorklegalfirmwherehewasapartner,he’sfeltanirresistibleneedtogiveawayhispossessions,alarminghischildrenandperplexingtheexecutorofhisestate.Withthelastofhiswealth,hetravelstoIsrael,withanebulousplantodosomethingtohonorhisparents.InTelAviv,heissidetrackedbyacharismaticAmericanrabbiplanningareunionforthedescendantsofKingDavidwhoinsiststhatEpsteinispartofthatstorieddynasticline.Healsomeetstherabbi’sbeautifuldaughterwhoconvincesEpsteintobecomeinvolvedinherownproject—afilmaboutthelifeofDavidbeingshotinthedesert—withlife-changingconsequences.ButEpsteinisn’ttheonlyseekerembarkingonametaphysicaljourneythatdissolveshissenseofself,place,andhistory.LeavingherfamilyinBrooklyn,ayoung,well-knownnovelistarrivesattheTelAvivHiltonwhereshehasstayedeveryyearsincebirth.Troubledbywriter’sblockandafailingmarriage,shehopesthatthehotelcanunlockadimensionofreality—andherownperceptionoflife—thathasbeenclosedofftoher.Butwhenshemeetsaretiredliteratureprofessorwhoproposesaprojectshecan’tturndown,she’sdrawnintoamysterythataltersherlifeinwaysshecouldneverhaveimagined.Burstingwithlifeandhumor,ForestDarkisaprofound,mesmerizingnovelofmetamorphosisandself-realization—oflookingbeyondallthatisvisibletowardstheinfinite.

作者简介

NicoleKraussistheinternationallybestsellingauthorofthreenovels:ManWalksIntoaRoom,afinalistfortheLosAngelesTimesBookoftheYear;TheHistoryofLove,aNewYorkTimesbestsellerandwinneroftheSaroyanPrizeforInternationalLiterature;andGreatHouse, aNewYorkTimesbestsellerandfinalistfor theNationalBookAward.In2007shewasselectedasoneofGranta'sBestYoungAmericanNovelists,andin2010shewaschosenfortheNewYorker’s‘TwentyUnderForty’list.HerfictionhasbeenpublishedintheNewYorker,Harper's,EsquireandBestAmericanShortStories,andherbookshavebeentranslatedintomorethanthirty-fivelanguages.NicoleKrausslivesinNewYork.

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