Brooklyn Follies
by Paul Auster
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Nathan Glass ha sobrevivido a un cáncer de pulmón y a un divorcio después de tres décadas de matrimonio, y ha vuelto a Brooklyn, el lugar donde pasó su infancia. Hasta que enfermó era un vendedor de seguros; ahora que ya no tiene que ganarse la vida, piensa escribir El libro del desvarío humano. Contará todo lo que pasa a su alrededor, todo lo que le ocurre y lo que se le ocurre. Comienza a frecuentar el bar del barrio y está casi enamorado de la camarera. Y va tambié;n a la librería de segunda mano de Harry Brightman, un homosexual culto que no es quien dice ser. Y allí se encuentra con Tom, su sobrino, el hijo de su amada hermana muerta. El joven había sido un universitario brillante. Y ahora, solitario, conduce un taxi y ayuda a Brightman a clasificar sus libros... Poco a poco, Nathan irá descubriendo que no ha venido a Brooklyn a morir, sino a vivir.
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Autobiography, Fiction, Middle-aged men, Authorship, Retirees, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Popular works, Large type books, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, biographical, American literature, Cancer, Patients, Recluses, Intergenerational relations, Social conditions, Politics and governmentPlaces
Park Slope (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), United States, Brooklyn, New York (State), New YorkTimes
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The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel
October 17, 2006, Picador
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The Brooklyn follies
2005, Faber, FABER & FABER INC *, Faber and Faber Limited, Faber & Faber
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"I was looking for a quiet place to die."
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First Sentence
"I was looking for a quiet place to die."
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Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, estranged from his only daughter, the retired life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Nathan finds his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, working in a local bookstore - a far cry from the brilliant academic career he'd begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the charismatic Harry Brightman, 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 set of acquaintances - not to mention a stray relative or two - and leads him to a reckoning with his past life.
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