By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 11, 3:50 PM ET
“Man in the Dark” (Henry Holt, 192 pages, $23), By Paul Auster: An old man lies alone in the dark each night, hobbled by an auto accident and haunted by death. To fill the sleepless hours, he thinks up a story about a man who wakes up into an alternate America — one where there was no Sept. 11 and no Iraq War, but one where the controversial 2000 presidential election sparked a kind of blue-state/red-state civil war that has claimed millions of lives.
Auster’s latest novel toggles between these two tales — one ruminative, the other fantastic. Both relate to retired book critic August Brill, who is recuperating from a car wreck at his daughter’s home in Vermont. Brill has lost his wife to cancer and is also disturbed by the horrific death of his granddaughter’s former boyfriend. Brill and his granddaughter, who is also recovering at her mother’s house, keep the awful thoughts at bay by watching great films on TV all day. … continue reading this entry.
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