Paul Auster is the bestselling author of "Oracle Night, The Book of Illusions, " and "Timbuktu." "I Thought My Father Was God, " the NPR "National Story Project" anthology, which he edited, was also a national bestseller. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
"If you haven't read Paul Auster's fiction before, his newest
novel, "The Brooklyn Follies, " is a great place to begin. . . .
Auster has written a sublime soap opera about the ways in which
people abandon and save one another. He captures a historical
moment, our twisted America, and he offers a message of hope. Love
will save us. We will save each other. Auster employs tough-guy
talk and funny, believable stories of folly in his search for
wisdom and goodness."--"The Boston Globe"
"Probably the first authentic attempt to deal with the
post-September 11 world . . . It is a multilayered tapestry, with
whimsical chapter headings and Dickensian depth.""--San Francisco
Chronicle"
"As fate has its way with his irresistible characters, the
sorcerer-like Auster rhapsodizes about nature, orchestrates
unlikely love affairs and hilarious conversations, and considers
such extreme experiences as a life in pornography and marriage to a
tyrannical religious fanatic. . . . This addition to his
increasingly tender cycle of love songs to Brooklyn is his most
down-to-earth, sensuous, and socially conscious novel to
date."--"Booklist"
" "
"A charming, beguiling story about the terrible beauty of families
and the redemptive power of love . . . His writing is packed with
surprises."--"USA Today"
"A big-hearted, life-affirming, tenderly comic yarn . . . Suffice
it to say that by the end, the partner-less are happily partnered,
the long-lost are returned, and love finally flourishes where dread
once thrived."--"The Washington Post"
""The Brooklyn Follies" is another Paul Auster
masterpiece."--"BookPage""" "Paul Auster's thirty-year career has
been astonishing as well: novels, screenplays, poems, essays,
illustrated tales, translations, scholarly editions of French
verse. He seems almost a literary decathlete, able to excel in any
genre. . . . His latest novel, "The ""B""rooklyn Follies, "is
perhaps his most engaging and compelling story. . . . A hopeful
book, a series of finely crafted interlocking stories about
love--about its difficulties, about its mysteries and enormous
redemptive powers."--"The Plain Dealer "(Cleveland)
""Follies, " like any of Auster's previous books, is impossible to
put down.""--Star-Telegram" (Philadelphia)
"As rich in incident as it is in personalities . . . Though "The
""B""rooklyn Follies" shares with Auster's other works a universe
of chance encounters, the affable, forthright voice of Nathan Glass
makes this novel a particular pleasure. Belief in happiness might
be just another of the Brooklyn follies, but Nathan's winsome
stories are an effective engine for joie de vivre. Instead of
dying, the narrator brings to life a cast of buoyant
Brooklynites."--"The ""Atlanta"" Journal-Constitution"
" "
"The characters shimmer, the anecdotes spark, the dialogue nimbly
natters, the tale barrels along with the old-fashioned power of
Nathan's lime green Oldsmobile Cutlass."--"Seattle"" Weekly"
"Is there a contemporary American novelist who believes more in the
transporting, transformative power of story? No way.""--""Detroit""
Free Press"
"Paul Auster reminds us that our social and emotional
infrastructure can creep up on us in beautiful and unexpected ways
whether we like it or not, and that accepting this process and
those people can be in itself heroic. By the end of this wonderful
novel, there can be no doubt that Auster's unprepossessing Nathan
is a modern urban hero of a high order."--"The ""Philadelphia""
Inquirer"
"Ever since "The New York Trilogy" nearly twenty years ago,
Auster--through dozens of books--has produced increasingly
dazzling, provocative writing. He may remind readers of Franz
Kafka, Nathanael West, or Philip Roth, but Auster--as brilliant
postmodern parodist and satirist--is a unique talent. He may, in
fact, be America's best writer."--"BookPage"
"Auster's prose is sharp, simple, compelling."--"The Guardian"
(U.K.)
"The thing you want to do this winter . . . is to curl up with Paul
Auster's newest novel, "The ""B""rooklyn Follies." You want to do
this for the quality of the writing. You want to do it for the
story. You want to do it because it's a Paul Auster book--partly
metafictional, partly wry, more than partly full of chance
encounters, and blessedly devoid of intellectual
prattle."--"Baltimore"" Sun"
"Hucksters, people vanishing and reappearing, problems with
language, the glancing invocation of those stalwarts Hawthorne and
Poe and Thoreau and Whitman, whose presence is sprinkled throughout
this author's body of work--yes, it's Auster. . . . A touching,
even warm, story of families in recombination."--"Chicago""
Tribune"
"A teeming and exuberant novel that is sure to drive up property
values in Brooklyn."--"The ""B""uffalo"" News"
" "
""The ""B""rooklyn Follies" is Auster at the top of his game. . . .
His words are slinky and supple; his characters sing off the page.
. . . Auster's meditation on happiness and encroaching age ripens
each page into mellow fruitfulness. This superb novel about human
folly turns out to be tremendously wise."--"New Statesman"
"Just when you think you've got Paul Auster pegged, he
shape-shifts. . . . This addition to his increasingly tender cycle
of love songs to Brooklyn is his most down-to-earth, sensuous, and
socially conscious novel to date."--"Booklist"
"If you haven't read Paul Auster's fiction before, his newest
novel, "The Brooklyn Follies," is a great place to begin. . . .
Auster has written a sublime soap opera about the ways in which
people abandon and save one another."--"The Boston Globe"
"Follies, like any of his previous books, is impossible to put
down."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
""The Brooklyn Follies" is probably the first authentic attempt to
deal with the post-September 11 world. . . . It is a multilayered
tapestry, with whimsical chapter headings and Dickensian
depth."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"The warmth and familial tenderness is a real departure from Auster
novels such as "The Book of Illusions." . . . An enjoyable love
letter to Brooklyn."--"Christian Science Monitor"
"Auster's latest novel, "The Brooklyn Follies," is perhaps his most
engaging and compelling story. . . . ÝIt¨ is a hopeful book, a
series of finely crafted interlocking stories about love--about its
difficulties, about its mysteries and enormous redemptive
powers."--"The Plain Dealer" (Cleveland)
""The Brooklyn Follies" is another Paul Auster
masterpiece."--"BookPage"
The dying Nathan Glass rediscovers a long-lost nephew, whose megawatt boss introduces him to the "ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York." Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
"If you haven't read Paul Auster's fiction before, his newest
novel, "The Brooklyn Follies, " is a great place to begin. . . .
Auster has written a sublime soap opera about the ways in which
people abandon and save one another. He captures a historical
moment, our twisted America, and he offers a message of hope. Love
will save us. We will save each other. Auster employs tough-guy
talk and funny, believable stories of folly in his search for
wisdom and goodness."--"The Boston Globe"
"Probably the first authentic attempt to deal with the
post-September 11 world . . . It is a multilayered tapestry, with
whimsical chapter headings and Dickensian depth.""--San Francisco
Chronicle"
"As fate has its way with his irresistible characters, the
sorcerer-like Auster rhapsodizes about nature, orchestrates
unlikely love affairs and hilarious conversations, and considers
such extreme experiences as a life in pornography and marriage to a
tyrannical religious fanatic. . . . This addition to his
increasingly tender cycle of love songs to Brooklyn is his most
down-to-earth, sensuous, and socially conscious novel to
date."--"Booklist"
" "
"A charming, beguiling story about the terrible beauty of families
and the redemptive power of love . . . His writing is packed with
surprises."--"USA Today"
"A big-hearted, life-affirming, tenderly comic yarn . . . Suffice
it to say that by the end, the partner-less are happily partnered,
the long-lost are returned, and love finally flourishes where dread
once thrived."--"The Washington Post"
""The Brooklyn Follies" is another Paul Auster
masterpiece."--"BookPage""" "Paul Auster's thirty-year career has
been astonishing as well: novels, screenplays, poems, essays,
illustrated tales, translations, scholarly editions of French
verse. He seems almost a literary decathlete, able to excel in any
genre. . . . His latest novel, "The ""B""rooklyn Follies, "is
perhaps his most engaging and compelling story. . . . A hopeful
book, a series of finely crafted interlocking stories about
love--about its difficulties, about its mysteries and enormous
redemptive powers."--"The Plain Dealer "(Cleveland)
""Follies, " like any of Auster's previous books, is impossible to
put down.""--Star-Telegram" (Philadelphia)
"As rich in incident as it is in personalities . . . Though "The
""B""rooklyn Follies" shares with Auster's other works a universe
of chance encounters, the affable, forthright voice of Nathan Glass
makes this novel a particular pleasure. Belief in happiness might
be just another of the Brooklyn follies, but Nathan's winsome
stories are an effective engine for joie de vivre. Instead of
dying, the narrator brings to life a cast of buoyant
Brooklynites."--"The ""Atlanta"" Journal-Constitution"
" "
"The characters shimmer, the anecdotes spark, the dialogue nimbly
natters, the tale barrels along with the old-fashioned power of
Nathan's lime green Oldsmobile Cutlass."--"Seattle"" Weekly"
"Is there a contemporary American novelist who believes more in the
transporting, transformative power of story? No way.""--""Detroit""
Free Press"
"Paul Auster reminds us that our social and emotional
infrastructure can creep up on us in beautiful and unexpected ways
whether we like it or not, and that accepting this process and
those people can be in itself heroic. By the end of this wonderful
novel, there can be no doubt that Auster's unprepossessing Nathan
is a modern urban hero of a high order."--"The ""Philadelphia""
Inquirer"
"Ever since "The New York Trilogy" nearly twenty years ago,
Auster--through dozens of books--has produced increasingly
dazzling, provocative writing. He may remind readers of Franz
Kafka, Nathanael West, or Philip Roth, but Auster--as brilliant
postmodern parodist and satirist--is a unique talent. He may, in
fact, be America's best writer."--"BookPage"
"Auster's prose is sharp, simple, compelling."--"The Guardian"
(U.K.)
"The thing you want to do this winter . . . is to curl up with Paul
Auster's newest novel, "The ""B""rooklyn Follies." You want to do
this for the quality of the writing. You want to do it for the
story. You want to do it because it's a Paul Auster book--partly
metafictional, partly wry, more than partly full of chance
encounters, and blessedly devoid of intellectual
prattle."--"Baltimore"" Sun"
"Hucksters, people vanishing and reappearing, problems with
language, the glancing invocation of those stalwarts Hawthorne and
Poe and Thoreau and Whitman, whose presence is sprinkled throughout
this author's body of work--yes, it's Auster. . . . A touching,
even warm, story of families in recombination."--"Chicago""
Tribune"
"A teeming and exuberant novel that is sure to drive up property
values in Brooklyn."--"The ""B""uffalo"" News"
" "
""The ""B""rooklyn Follies" is Auster at the top of his game. . . .
His words are slinky and supple; his characters sing off the page.
. . . Auster's meditation on happiness and encroaching age ripens
each page into mellow fruitfulness. This superb novel about human
folly turns out to be tremendously wise."--"New Statesman"
"Just when you think you've got Paul Auster pegged, he
shape-shifts. . . . This addition to his increasingly tender cycle
of love songs to Brooklyn is his most down-to-earth, sensuous, and
socially conscious novel to date."--"Booklist"
"If you haven't read Paul Auster's fiction before, his newest
novel, "The Brooklyn Follies," is a great place to begin. . . .
Auster has written a sublime soap opera about the ways in which
people abandon and save one another."--"The Boston Globe"
"Follies, like any of his previous books, is impossible to put
down."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
""The Brooklyn Follies" is probably the first authentic attempt to
deal with the post-September 11 world. . . . It is a multilayered
tapestry, with whimsical chapter headings and Dickensian
depth."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"The warmth and familial tenderness is a real departure from Auster
novels such as "The Book of Illusions." . . . An enjoyable love
letter to Brooklyn."--"Christian Science Monitor"
"Auster's latest novel, "The Brooklyn Follies," is perhaps his most
engaging and compelling story. . . . YIt is a hopeful book, a
series of finely crafted interlocking stories about love--about its
difficulties, about its mysteries and enormous redemptive
powers."--"The Plain Dealer" (Cleveland)
""The Brooklyn Follies" is another Paul Auster
masterpiece."--"BookPage"
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