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Author:

Auster, Paul, 1947-

Title:

Man in the dark / Paul Auster.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Co.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

180 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Autobiographical fiction, American.
Alternative histories (Fiction), American.
Imaginary wars and battles--Fiction.
Political fiction.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0805088393
9780805088397

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173182520

LCCN:

2007037515

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

UBPC631 -- Webb Shadle Public Library (Pleasantville)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)