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Ghost
Ghost
Author: Alan Lightman
ISBN-13: 9780375421693
ISBN-10: 0375421696
Publication Date: 10/23/2007
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 2.1/5 Stars.
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2.1 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Ghost on
No a lot happened in this book. Left me unsatisfied.
mluvsj avatar reviewed Ghost on + 40 more book reviews
In this smartly paced novel from the author of Einstein's Dreams, a divorced, former banker witnesses a supernatural event, inspiring him to continue the search for something that has hovered in the back of his mind throughout his life. A promising, handsome student in his younger years, middle-aged David struggles to restore order to his life and relationships after being sacked from his middling bank job. The search leads him to the local funeral home, where he takes a job as an apprentice among a cast less hip than the Six Feet Under crew, but compelling in a quieter waythe director, Martin, is a fatherly figure whose allegiance to his inherited profession rules an existence otherwise restricted by severe agoraphobia. After David has a vision he can't describe in words in the home's slumber room, he gets agitated to the point where he is compelled to confess to a loose-lipped friend. Soon, David's vision becomes a local media event, with unwanted consequences. Familiar questions about the existence of God, life after death and the fluidity of time arise, and the cast doesn't get the detail it deserves. But the momentum that builds alongside David's ensuing psychological turmoil is enough to carry the story. (From Publishers Weekly review)
mimiwal avatar reviewed Ghost on + 4 more book reviews
I read this book and I would have to say that it was like no other I have read. It is a little slow at times but when you finish it and think of the whole story line it is quite interesting really. If you want something different then read this.