01264cam a2200253 4500 139489645 TxAuBib 20130614120000.0 100914s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010039439 9781602859418 lg. print : alk. paper 1602859418 lg. print : alk. paper TxAuBib Krauss, Nicole. Great house / Nicole Krauss. Center Point large print ed. Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2011. 431 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Connected solely by a desk of enormous dimension and many drawers that exerts a power over those who possess it or give it away, three people--a lonely American novelist clinging to the memory of a poet who has mysteriously vanished in Chile, an old man in Israel facing the imminent death of his wife of 51 years, and an esteemed antiques dealer tracking down the things stolen from his father by the Nazis--struggle to create a meaningful permanence in the face of inevitable loss. 20130614. Loss (Psychology) Fiction. Memory Fiction. Large type books.