Man in the Dark
Auster Paul
A new novel with a dark political twist from one of America's greats. Man in the Dark is Paul Auster's brilliant, devastating novel about the many realities we inhabit as wars flame all around us.Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in 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 so desperatel
Thể loại:
Năm:
2008
Nhà xuát bản:
Henry Holt
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
190
ISBN 10:
9029566612
ISBN 13:
9789029566612
File:
EPUB, 172 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2008