In the Gloomy Forest

The new book by Nicole Krauss "In the Gloomy Forest" is rightfully called the best in her writing career. It is a mesmerizingly original novel about two very different people who, like the hero of Dante's "Divine Comedy", have lost confidence in the correctness of their life path, tried to escape from themselves, and ended up in the same place - the Negev desert.
Successful lawyer Julius Epstein walks away from work, marriage, his unique art collection, and decides to completely change his life - to part with all his possessions and go to Israel. Nicole, a young writer from New York, arrives in Tel Aviv in search of a plot for her new novel, leaving behind a creative crisis and a failed marriage. In Israel, Julius tries on the crown of King David, while Nicole finds herself in the desert, in a house where she believes Franz Kafka once lived. These and other equally astonishing events mark the beginning of the heroes' extraordinary adventures, their metaphysical journey towards self-discovery.