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The Tavern At The End Of History
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Over A Span Of Five Days In 2017, Two Strangers Find Themselves In A SeaRocked Sanitarium On The Coast Of Maine Where, As They Gather At An Auction For A Piece Of Art Stolen In The Second World War, They Must Reckon With The Wounds Of Inheritance: Shame, Displacement, And The Longing Of Exiles.Jacob, Grandson Of A Holocaust Survivor, Son Of Refugees, Has Lived His Life Overshadowed By The Grief Of Others. His Mistakes Have Cost Him His Job And His Marriage. So When He Meets Baer, An Impoverished Holocaust Survivor Looking For Help, Jacob Sees An Opportunity To Redeem Himself.But What Baer Wants WonT Be Easy. A Piece Of Art Given To Him As A BoyAnd That Disappeared During The WarHas Resurfaced And Is About To Go Up For Auction In A Secluded Sanitarium For Holocaust Survivors And Their Families On An Island Off The Coast Of Maine. The Head Of The Sanitarium Is Alex Baruch, A Disgraced Writer And Kabbalist Whose Memoir About Surviving The Holocaust Has Been Denounced As Fraudulent. Baer Asks Jacob To Go To The Auction With His Niece, Rachel, And Steal Back The Piece.Rachel Carries Grief Of Her Own. SheS Mourning Her Husband, A Young Jew Trying To Separate Himself From His UltraOrthodox Community, And Instead Of Living The ArtistS Life She Dreamed, SheS Working In A Museum Basement Answering Questions On The Phone About Paintings She CanT See. Grieving And Guilty, SheS Eager For An Impossible Quest.Together, Rachel And Jacob Head To The Sanitarium, Where They Find Baruch And His Community Of Odd And Broken Souls. But Two Nights Before The Auction, In The Midst Of A Storm, A Stranger AppearsAn Old Man, A Ghost Or A Dybbuk, Or Just A Survivor Of The European CatastropheBearing A Secret. As The Line Between Forgery And Authenticity Blurs, Rachel And Jacob, Baruch And His Followers Must Face The Claims The Dead Make On The Living, In A Surreal Reckoning With The Past Where No One Is Who They Say They Are, But Everyone May Be Telling The Truth. Recalling The Warmth And Humor Of Nicole Krauss And Joshua Cohen, And The Wild Collage Of History And Fantasy Of Bruno Schulz And Olga Tokarczuk, The Tavern At The End Of History Is A Deeply Felt Exploration Of Grief, Love, And Identity In The Long Shadow Of TwentiethCentury Calamity.
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