MAN IN THE DARK - PAUL AUSTER

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Editorial	Faber & Faber
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Autor	AUSTER PAUL
ISBN	9780571240777
Peso ( kg )	0,153
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2009
Formato	Tapa rustica
Sinopsis	MAN IN THE DARK Auster's haunting exploration of war in a post 9 11 world from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: 'a literary voice for the ages' Guardian 'I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wilderness.' 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 rather forget - his wife's recent death and the horrific murder, in Iraq, of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus. Brill, a 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 on 9 11, 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 another hidden story, this time of his own marriage. After she falls asleep, he at last finds the courage to revisit the trauma of Titus's death. Passionate and shocking, political and personal: Man in the Dark is a novel that reflects the consequences of 9 11, that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence. PAUL AUSTER Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Sunset Park, The Book of Illusions, Moon Palace and The New York Trilogy. He and Spencer Ostrander collaborated on Bloodbath Nation. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. His other honours include the Prix Medicis Étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the Screenplay of Smoke, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Burning Boy, and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work. His novel 4 3 2 1 was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work was translated into more than forty languages. His final novel, Baumgartner, was published in November 2023. He died on 30 April 2024. Edad recomendada: Adultos. AUSTER PAUL Paul Auster Fue escritor, traductor y cineasta. Entre sus obras destacan La invención de la soledad 1982 ; La trilogía de Nueva York 1987 ; El Palacio de la Luna 1989 ; Leviatán 1992 ; Tombuctú 1999 ; El libro de las ilusiones 2002 ; La noche del oráculo 2003 ; Brooklyn Follies 2005 ; Sunset Park 2010 ; Diario de invierno 2012 ; 4 3 2 1 2017 ; La llama inmortal de Stephen Crane 2021 ; Un país bañado en sangre 2023 , en colaboración con Spencer Ostrander, y Baumgartner 2024 . escribió los guiones de las películas Smoke 1995 y Blue in the Face 1995 , en cuya dirección colaboró con Wayne Wang, y los de Lulu on the Bridge 1998 y La vida interior de Martin Frost 2007 , que dirigió en solitario. Editó el libro de relatos Creía que mi padre era Dios 2001 y su obra poética está reunida en el tomo Poesía completa 2012 . Fue también autor de Una vida en palabras 2018 , un volumen que recoge sus conversaciones con la profesora I. B. Siegumfeldt sobre su obra y el oficio de escribir. Recibió numerosos galardones, entre los que destacan el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, el Premio Médicis por la novela Leviatán, el Independent Spirit Award por el guion de Smoke y el Premio al mejor libro del año del Gremio de Libreros de Madrid por El libro de las ilusiones. Fue nombrado miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras y Comandante de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras francesa. Su obra está traducida a más de cuarenta idiomas. Murió en Brooklyn el 30 de abril de 2024.
Cantidad de páginas	192
Fecha Ingreso	15-03-2025