Nicole Krauss, the author of the worldwide bestseller "The History of Love," returns with a fantastic novel: A wealthy New York lawyer, disillusioned with life, and a writer facing marital problems embark on a journey to discover the unknown within themselves and find surprising ways in the deserts of Israel to look beyond themselves, their dreams, and the world into the infinite. Jules Epstein, 68, once a mover and political player with an oversized ego, falls out of step after his divorce from his long-time wife. To the horror of his children, he donates the majority of his fortune and intends to put the rest into a foundation in memory of his deceased parents. He would prefer to reforest Mount Hebron in Israel, which has been deforested for 2000 years. However, on the plane, he meets a rabbi who organizes a gathering of all living.