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A review by bohoautumn
Great House by Nicole Krauss
5.0
Interwoven self-contained tales threaded together by an object passing between the characters. Each story reveals minute details of inner lives, some of the situational facts, but so much more is left out, left unsaid.
If you enjoy your novels linear, focused on plot-development, without guess-work, and no loose ends then this one isn't for you.
I was totally immersed into the themes and subjects of secrecy, intense yet disconnected relationships, isolation, loneliness, memory, moral ambiguity, loss, creativity, Jewishness, regret, literal and psychological inheritance.
It's a novel of emotional arcs and pensive moods.
I found her writing as gorgeous as ever. And that endears her work to me. But I did also enjoy this multi-narrative premise.
If you enjoy your novels linear, focused on plot-development, without guess-work, and no loose ends then this one isn't for you.
I was totally immersed into the themes and subjects of secrecy, intense yet disconnected relationships, isolation, loneliness, memory, moral ambiguity, loss, creativity, Jewishness, regret, literal and psychological inheritance.
It's a novel of emotional arcs and pensive moods.
I found her writing as gorgeous as ever. And that endears her work to me. But I did also enjoy this multi-narrative premise.