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The World To Come - Dara Horn
The World To Come
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A million-dollar painting by Marc Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles' cocktail hour.  The unlikely thief is Benjamin Ziskind, a lonely former child prodigy who writes questions for quiz shows, and who is sure the painting used to hang on the wall of his parents' living room. As Ben... show more
A million-dollar painting by Marc Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles' cocktail hour.  The unlikely thief is Benjamin Ziskind, a lonely former child prodigy who writes questions for quiz shows, and who is sure the painting used to hang on the wall of his parents' living room. As Ben tries to evade the police, he and his twin sister, Sara, seek out the truth of how the painting got to the museum, whether the ''original'' is actually a forgery, and whether Sara, an artist, can create a convincing forgery to take its place
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ISBN: 9780141031316 (014103131X)
Edition language: English
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JulieM
JulieM rated it
4.0 The World to Come: A Novel
Benjamin Ziskind, a lonely, recently single, New Yorker attends a social at an art museum that is featuring a Chagall exhibit. He recognizes one of the featured paintings as a work that used to belong to his family when he was a young man. On impulse, he takes it off the wall and walks out of the ...
Chance's Take on Books
Chance's Take on Books rated it
2.0
This is a difficult book for me to rate. I'd say 2.5 stars and I'd have liked to give it 3 stars but parts irritated me so much I can't say I enjoyed it overall, nor would I recommend it. For example, the constant referral to the dimples under characters' noses was interesting at first, then predict...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it
4.0
I am adding this paragraph a few days later b/c somehow I think my previous review misses the mark. If I were to read the below review I might not be interested in a novel filled with bizarre philosophical thoughts and symbolism. Think of art, that too can be analysed to pieces and I hate that. It e...
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