This Is Where I Leave You

12 hrs. 8 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Jonathan Tropper

Narrator Kirill Petrov

Description

News of his father’s death catches Jada Foxman at a difficult moment: he lost his job and is dealing with his wife’s betrayal. Now he has another trial—to spend a week of mourning under the same roof with his loving Jewish family. The fact that the Foxmans have gathered for a tragic occasion doesn’t prevent them from sharpening their wit, stumbling into the most ridiculous situations, and working through their relationships. Over seven days in the parental home, the hero will have to change seriously and discover many new things about himself and his loved ones. In any case, the author manages to talk about even the most dramatic experiences—even about death—cleverly, easily, with his unchanging irony, and about all the characters, no matter how questionable their behavior sometimes is, with warmth and sympathy. “Live on, then” (“Dальше живите сами”)—Jonathan Tropper’s fifth novel—has remained a bestseller for more than five years. In 2014, a film adaptation was released, in which Jane Fonda played the role of the sexual mother of the family.