{"product_id":"forest-dark-9780062431004","title":"Forest Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed Best Book of the Year by\u003cem\u003e Esquire, Times Literary Supplement, Elle Magazine, LitHub, Publishers Weekly, Financial Times, Guardian, Refinery29, PopSugar, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant novel. I am full of admiration.\" --Philip Roth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of America's most important novelists\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), the award-winning, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe History of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, conjures an achingly beautiful and breathtakingly original novel about personal transformation that interweaves the stories of two disparate individuals--an older lawyer and a young novelist--whose transcendental search leads them to the same Israeli desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJules Epstein, a man whose drive, avidity, and outsized personality have, for sixty-eight 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 thirty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBursting with life and humor, \u003cem\u003eForest Dark\u003c\/em\u003e is a profound, mesmerizing novel of metamorphosis and self-realization--of looking beyond all that is visible towards the infinite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrauss, Nicole:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNicole Krauss is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eForest Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGreat House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe History of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMan Walks Into a Room\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. She is currently the inaugural writer-in-residence at Columbia University's Mind, Brain, and Behavior Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543377219858,"sku":"9780062431004","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35d97315-223c-46cb-acbe-6b456f61f358.jpg?v=1731508044","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/forest-dark-9780062431004","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}