Man in the Dark - Hardcover

Auster, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805088393 ISBN 13: 9780805088397

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2008

Synopsis

Recovering from a car accident at his daughter's house in Vermont, retired book critic August Brill spends his time haunted by his wife's recent death and the brutal murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus, imagining a parallel world in which America is torn apart by even darker political realities. 75,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Works beautifully . . . This is perhaps Auster's best book. Like Vonnegut's classic anti-war novel ["Slaughterhouse Five"], 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 """Man in the Dark" is at once haunting, thought-provoking, emotional, and compellingly readable."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer" "Remarkable . . . "Man in the Dark "possesses a grand and generous heart."--"The Boston Globe ""Auster's latest astute and mesmerizing metaphysical fiction . . . A master of the matter-of-factly fantastic, Auster tells an utterly authentic story of culpability and survival, the vortex of loss, and our endless struggle to translate terror into understanding."--"Booklist "(starred review) "A novel that kept my attention from the first page all the way to the last. Frankly, it hypnotized me."--NPR's "All Things Considered ""[Auster's] magic has never flourished m "Works beautifully . . . This is perhaps Auster's best book. Like Vonnegut's classic anti-war novel ["Slaughterhouse Five"], 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 """Man in the Dark" is at once haunting, thought-provoking, emotional, and compellingly readable."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer" "Remarkable . . . "Man in the Dark "possesses a grand and generous heart."--"The Boston Globe ""Auster's latest astute and mesmerizing metaphysical fiction . . . A master of the matter-of-factly fantastic, Auster tells an utterly authentic story of culpability and survival, the vortex of loss, and our endless struggle to translate terror into understanding."--"Booklist "(starred review) "A novel that kept my attention from the first page all the way to the last. Frankly, it hypnotized me."--NPR's "All Things Considered ""[Auster's] magic has never flourished more fully than it does in "Man in the Dark. . . . "The novel delivers intense reading pleasure from start to finish."--"Orlando Sentinel ""Provoking and entertaining in brilliant fashion . . . [Auster] draws you into a literary maze and sets you marveling at how he will get you out."--"The Seattle Times ""Intricately layered, playful with the notions of 'real' and 'unreal' . . . "Man in the Dark "is the work of a master, confident of his powers to move readers smoothly between worlds, totally in control of setting, pace, and dialogue. . . . A deep, fraught book."--"Daily Kos ""Auster has crafted a stirring, politically charged portrait of the power of fiction."--"The Star-Ledger "(Newark)

Book Description:

Man in the Dark by Paul Auster is a devastating novel about the many realities we inhabit as war and conflict flame all around us.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0805088393
• ISBN 13: 9780805088397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180