The Brooklyn Follies
of Paul Auster
Description
Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, retired, estranged from his only daughter, the former life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Glass encounters his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, who is working in a local bookstoreâa far cry from the brilliant academic career Tom had begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the colorful and charismatic Harry Brightmanâa.k.a. Harry Dunkelâonce the owner of a Chicago art gallery, whom fate has also brought to the "ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York." Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new circle of acquaintances. He soon finds himself drawn into a scam involving a forged page of The Scarlet Letter, and begins to undertake his own literary venture, The Book of Human Folly, an account of "every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I have committed during my long and checkered career as a man."Â The Brooklyn Follies is Paul Auster's warmest, most exuberant novel, a moving, unforgettable hymn to the glories and mysteries of ordinary human life.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 306 pages
- Publisher Picador
- Publication Date October 17th 2006
- First Publication 12/27/05
- Language English
- ISBN 9780312426231
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States)']
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