Mann Im Dunkel by Paul Auster
An aging, recently operated man lies awake and alone, alternately tending to his pain and to the raw sorrow of a family tragedy, while inventing a vivid alternate America in which political violence erupts into a second civil war; the novel he composes in his head becomes a way to examine guilt, memory, fathers and sons, and the thin line between private grief and public catastrophe, exploring how storytelling can both console and expose moral ambiguity.
- Published
- 2008
- Nationality
- American
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- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Man in the Dark
- Mann im Dunkel
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