The Brooklyn Follies

Name: The Brooklyn Follies
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Paul Auster
ISBN: 9780312429003

Paul Auster

27/10/2009
Picador USA

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Brooklyn Follies par Paul Auster

Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur 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 bookstore. Through Tom and his charismatic boss, Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new set of acquaintances, which leads him to a reckoning with his past. Biographie de l'auteur Paul Auster is the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Sunset Park, Invisible, The Book of Illusions, and the New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He has also been a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award ( The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award ( The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award ( City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize ( 4 3 2 1). He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.