false 446 32 <div><div>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--a far cry from the brilliant academic career Tom had begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the colorful and charismatic Harry Brightman--a.k.a. Harry Dunkel--once the owner of a Chicago art gallery, 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 circle of acquaintances. He soon finds himself drawn into a scam involving a forged page of <i>The Scarlet Letter,</i> and begins to undertake his own literary venture, <i>The Book of Human Folly,</i> an account of "every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I have committed during my long and checkered career as a man."<br> <br><i>The Brooklyn Follies</i> is Paul Auster's warmest, most exuberant novel, a moving, unforgettable hymn to the glories and mysteries of ordinary human life.</div></div> 1991577 2005 The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel total:3150|5:536|4:1268|3:994|2:281|1:71| 3150 11367 4141 477 4 1 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 03:36:18 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 13:47:22 -0700 2008

"She has the story, and when a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists."


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"I'm not sure Harry's a rascal anymore," Tom answered. "he's too full of regret."

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I have so many problems with the plot of this book. There is absolutely no reason for the Vermont trip that supposedly changes everyone lives forever. None...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 17 13:23:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 13:23:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 12:52:40 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 22:27:36 -0700 2009 but die. He discovers a much-liked nephew is now living in the same neig...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 07:37:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:06:59 -0700 2009
The Brooklyn Follies started okay, but the curious faux-stage play at page 99 signaled the demise of this story. Dudes blathering ince...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 12:26:11 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:46:21 -0800 2008
I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Broolkyn, and so the next morning I travelled down here from Westchester to scope out the terrain...
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The thing that gets me about him is his ability to drive forward a sprawling narrative without really adhering to any recognis...more...]]>