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Man in the Dark
A Novel
Book • 2009
Man in the Dark (2008) is a novel by Paul Auster that follows seventy-two-year-old August Brill, a retired literary critic recovering from a car accident.
During sleepless nights, Brill imagines a parallel America where the 2000 presidential election results led to secession and a bloody civil war, rather than the Iraq War. The novel intertwines this dystopian alternate reality with Brill's reflections on his family, the recent death of his wife, and the murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend.
The story explores themes of grief, memory, and the power of storytelling as a means of coping with trauma.
During sleepless nights, Brill imagines a parallel America where the 2000 presidential election results led to secession and a bloody civil war, rather than the Iraq War. The novel intertwines this dystopian alternate reality with Brill's reflections on his family, the recent death of his wife, and the murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend.
The story explores themes of grief, memory, and the power of storytelling as a means of coping with trauma.
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