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Title: In the Image: A Novel by Dara Horn ISBN: 0-393-32526-1 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What an incredible story!
Comment: I just finished reading Horn's _In the Image_ and was so moved by it I am writing a review-- for the first time ever--on Amazon. I wanted to write a review of it because I enjoyed it so immensely, but am finding it difficult to express my experience in words because it is one of the few books I have read in my life that has so deeply affected the way I look at the world. The character development in this book is so delicately crafted I felt like I actually knew the characters as intimately as I know my own husband and children. The stories-- which take place in the WWII Europe, contemporary New Jersey, and turn of the century New York-- are so beautifully (and often surprisingly) intertwined that reading this novel has made me wonder how my life connects to those of the people I see everyday. And the biblical imagery and allusions throughout are so lyrical and thought-provoking that I'm even starting to think about my own personal relationship to Judaism in a new light (my husband is Jewish). Without question, this is the best book I have read in many, many years. That it comes from a debut novelist is positively extraordinary!
I can't wait to read it again with my book group this coming November (I've absolutely insisted that we read it), and I recommend to anyone who seeks a fascinating and completely page-turning read to buy Horn's _In the Image_.
-Helen Greene
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful, captivating and delightful debut novel!
Comment: This novel is filled with Jewish characters, history and traditions, but will resonate with both Jews and non-Jews. "In the Image" deals with universal themes about fitting in and growing up, finding love, forgiving our elders for their mistakes, the importance and restrictions of religious traditions and how our past shapes our future.
This novel will appeal to the college student, looking for an entertaining and meaningful story for a leisurely read, as much as to the philosopher questioning religion. There are so many levels on which the reader can appreciate this novel - from the unexpected plot twists and romantic love story to the philosophical views about the role of God in our daily lives.
The book is beautifully written with symbols and images that recur throughout the text. Horn has an impressive eye for detail and meaning, which is profound and refreshingly down to earth. She also shows her worldliness and depth of experience, which is rare in someone so young.
As the reader turns the pages, she finds herself exclaiming appreciatively, "Yes! I have also felt that way and noticed that, but I never would have been able to express it so well!" I can't wait for Dara Horn's next novel!
Rating: 5
Summary: Lovely and Precise
Comment: This is a lovely and precise novel about the ways in which memory and the past and things that almost could have been permeate our lives, color our decisions. Reading it is like looking at slides, one on top of the other so that you can see two things at once. Hmm. That sounds confusing. But trust me -- the book isn't. This is a beautiful story.
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Title: Three Daughters by Letty Cottin Pogrebin ISBN: 0142003484 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Seven Blessings: A Novel by Ruchama King ISBN: 0312309155 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 13 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Coffee Trader : A Novel by David Liss ISBN: 0375760903 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Jane Austen in Boca: A Novel by Paula Marantz Cohen ISBN: 0312319754 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Welcome to Heavenly Heights: A Novel by Risa Miller ISBN: 0312301804 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 16 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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