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02814cam a2200493 a 4500 001 0C2AE90E6BF411DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20210901012133 008 070912s2008 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2007037515 020 $a 0805088393 020 $a 9780805088397 035 $a (OCoLC)173182520 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UPZ $d BWX $d ABG $d CDX $d CQU $d NXA $d IW9 $d SILO 050 00 $a PS3551.U77 $b M36 2008 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 22 100 1 $a Auster, Paul, $d 1947- 245 1 $a Man in the dark / $c Paul Auster. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Henry Holt and Co., $c 2008. 300 $a 180 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a 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 desperately trying to avoid insists on being told. Joined in the early hours by his granddaughter, he gradually opens up to her and recounts the story of his marriage. After she falls asleep, he at last finds the courage to revisit the trauma of Titus's death.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Autobiographical fiction, American. 650 0 $a Alternative histories (Fiction), American. 650 0 $a Imaginary wars and battles $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Political fiction. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007037515-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007037515-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2007037515-s.html 941 $a 12 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012137.0 952 $l UVAX975 $d 20240215013441.0 952 $l UBPC631 $d 20231228010250.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200402010418.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719034022.0 952 $l MGPD463 $d 20180718020750.0 952 $l NEPC953 $d 20180714031328.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418064905.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824055006.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20131219013437.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0C2AE90E6BF411DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search