The Brooklyn Follies
by Paul Auster
Taste attributes: dramacomedyfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA grounded, inventive novel: moving and heavy. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.4 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Paul Auster
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 320
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- Open Library
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