Man in the Dark: A Novel
ag. del 2008 · Macmillan + ORM
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A novel exploring war in an alternate post–9/11 America “is an undoubted pleasure to read. Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter” (Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books)
From Paul Auster, a “literary original” (Wall Street Journal) comes a novel that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence.
Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident at his daughter’s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget: his wife’s recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter’s boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued.
As the night progresses, Brill’s story grows increasingly intense, and what he is desperately trying to avoid insists on being told.
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
“Absorbing.” —The New Yorker
“Probably Auster’s best novel.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Astute and mesmerizing.” —Booklist, starred review
“Auster’s book leaves one with a depth of feeling much larger than might be expected from such a small and concise work of art.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“[Auster is] a master of voice, an avuncular confidence man who can spin dark stories out of air.” —Entertainment Weekly
From Paul Auster, a “literary original” (Wall Street Journal) comes a novel that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence.
Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident at his daughter’s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget: his wife’s recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter’s boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued.
As the night progresses, Brill’s story grows increasingly intense, and what he is desperately trying to avoid insists on being told.
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
“Absorbing.” —The New Yorker
“Probably Auster’s best novel.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Astute and mesmerizing.” —Booklist, starred review
“Auster’s book leaves one with a depth of feeling much larger than might be expected from such a small and concise work of art.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“[Auster is] a master of voice, an avuncular confidence man who can spin dark stories out of air.” —Entertainment Weekly
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Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.
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