In the Image: A Novel
by Dara Horn
published
September 2003
by W. W. Norton & Company
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binding
Paperback, 288 pages
literary awards
Edward Lewis Wallant Award (2003)
isbn
0393325261
(isbn13: 9780393325263)
description
A young woman's coming of age, a romantic love story, and a spiritual journey—each infused with the lessons of history.
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Read in September, 2008
Went back and forth between three and four stars on this...I would have said three stars after reading it, but then we had our book club meeting, and the others there were so eloquent about why they liked it as much as they did that I began to feel, in retrospect, as if I liked it more than I had when I read it. But, in the end, there was something about the style that distanced me from the novel, and while I found it interesting and well-executed, it still generally left me cold. And the ending...more
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Read in August, 2008
This book intriuged me, but it did not delight me. I kept waiting to figure out what it was about--and I never did succeed. It starts with an unlikely friendship between a yound woman and an older man, her best friend's grandfather, and then it goes off into HIS past and her present/future, and they don't really interact anymore.....
There were some parts that I liked a lot, and some thoughts/concepts that I appreciated a lot. But in the end it left me puzzled and unfulfilled because I sti...more
There were some parts that I liked a lot, and some thoughts/concepts that I appreciated a lot. But in the end it left me puzzled and unfulfilled because I sti...more
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Read in April, 2007
I read this book immediately after reading "The World to Come." I liked this book even better. Another story with different generations of jews. Biggest surprise: no holocaust stories during the war years in Europe, although the pressure to keep moving away from anti-semitism is there. Loved the way the author intertwined the stories and repeated the images of paintings, dollhouses, photos.
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Read in January, 2007
I really like Dara Horn. There's something sad about her books, mostly about lonely people searching for something. By the end they find what they're looking for, but I'm always left sure that they're destined to be lonely forever. But the ideas are always compelling.
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Read in June, 2008
recommended to Eoin by:
Jesse Berrett
Another success from Dara Horn in the early/mid-then-late-20th-century-european-then-american-jewish-multi-styled novel. The best of this book is a realistic, complex hope and pathos. Moderately imaginative and occasionally moving. Worth it, but no real rush.
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a solid book, though better to read it when you'll have someone to discuss it with after. i thought some of her descriptions were great, but you could see the author through them. also, some of orthodox jewish stuff wasn't terribly accurate or likely.
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Read in January, 2008
Ik las het in het Nederlands: Evenbeeld van Dara Horn
Een magisch-realistische mix van geschiedenis, generaties, Joods leven, switch tussen 20e eeuws Amsterdam en 21ste eeuws New York én romantisch verhaal in mooie bewoordingen.
Een magisch-realistische mix van geschiedenis, generaties, Joods leven, switch tussen 20e eeuws Amsterdam en 21ste eeuws New York én romantisch verhaal in mooie bewoordingen.
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Read in July, 2008
I am currently re-reading this book and loving it just as much as the first time. Beautifully written characters, fast moving, poignant and all that good stuff. I love Dara Horn and can't wait to see a third novel published.
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A complete revelation -- it's hard to imagine this is a first novel, but Dara Horn has mature talent. Her interconnected weave of story includes gorgeous imagery and insight into human nature. A must.
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This book is great for anyone who is trying to think about issues of suffering. Oh wait, that might just be me. Anyway the biblical references are pretty fun and the story is intersting.
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Read in January, 2007
Horn is a very creative writer. This was her first novel, but I read it after I read her second work. I am in awe of the way she blends everyday life and occurrences with the surreal.
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This is a fantastic book -- I call it Jewish magical realism. There's a modern interpretation on the Book of Job in there as well. It's all about connections we don't always see.
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Read in January, 2003
recommends it for:
Jews; New Yorkers; history-lovers
Weaves a story of inter-related generations with a contemporary retelling of the Book of Job.
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Read in April, 2008
recommended to Fuschia by:
kimber (the world to come)recommends it for: kimber
Liked her second novel, The World to Come (recommended to me by Kimber) more.
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