Auster, Paul
Man in the Dark
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571240777
- author:
- Auster, Paul
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 126mm X 197mm
- Genre:
- Classic fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Seventy-two-year-old August Brill lies in bed, struggling to sleep after a car accident. As he tries to push back thoughts about his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of her boyfriend's partner, Titus, he begins to tell himself stories. In one of these imagined worlds, America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this alternate reality, the twin towers did not fall, and a bloody civil war ensued as state after state pulled away from the union. As the night progresses, August's story grows increasingly intense, and what he is trying to avoid insists on being told. His granddaughter joins him in the early hours, and he gradually opens up to her about his marriage. As the darkness recedes, August confronts the trauma of Titus's death with a passion that is both shocking and thought-provoking. This novel forces us to confront the complexities of our world, where ordinary joys can coexist with extraordinary violence.
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