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Jan 16, 2006 · 3.86. 8,628 ratings1,137 reviews. A million-dollar Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles' cocktail hour. The unlikely thief, former child prodigy Benjamin Ziskind, is convinced that the painting once hung in his parents' living room.
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Oct 17, 2006 · The World to Come: A Novel. Paperback – October 17, 2006. by Dara Horn (Author) 4.1 701 ratings. See all formats and editions. "Nothing short of amazing." ―Entertainment Weekly. A million-dollar Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles' cocktail hour.
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Book Summary. With astonishing grace and simplicity, Dara Horn interweaves a real art heist, history, biography, theology, and Yiddish literature. Richly satisfying, utterly unique, her novel opens the door to "the world to come"—not life after death, but the world we create through our actions right now.
Jan 1, 2006 · BOOK REVIEW. INVISIBLE GIRL. by Lisa Jewell. A heist with a twist, Horn’s engaging second novel (after In the Image, 2003) explores the history behind a stolen painting as well as the saga of the family that owned it for nearly a century.
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Entertainment Weekly Editor’s Choice * New York Times Editor’s Choice * A Book-of-the Month Club Smart Readers Selection * A Book Sense Top 20 Pick * Winner of the 2006 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. A million-dollar painting by Marc Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles’ cocktail hour.
Feb 21, 2017 · 3.76. 487 ratings90 reviews. "Without a doubt the most ambitious story writer in America," according to The Daily Beast, Jim Shepard now delivers a new collection that spans borders and centuries with unrivaled mastery.
by Dara Horn. Fiction based on real, recognizable and historic personages can be rather tricky. Is the fiction retelling their stories, and if so, why? How much is real and how much is embellished? Why does the author use these figures instead of inventing her own?
