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丨賲丕賯丕鬲 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳
"丨賲丕賯丕鬲 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳" 毓賳賵丕賳 乇賵丕賷丞 賱賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱兀賲賷乇賰賷 "亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇" 賳賯賱賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 "丕爻丕賲丞 賲賳夭賱噩賷". 賵賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷賰鬲卮賮 亘胤賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 賵賷丿毓賶 賳丕鬲丕賳 兀賳賴 賲氐丕亘 亘賲乇囟 丕賱爻乇胤丕賳 賮賷賯乇乇 兀賳 賷毓賵丿 廿賱賶 賲丿賷賳丞 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳 丕賱鬲賷 賷賰賳 賱賴丕 丨亘丕賸 賰亘賷乇丕賸 賱賷賲囟賷 兀賷丕賲賴 丕賱丕禺賷乇丞 亘爻賱丕賲貙 丨賷孬 賷賱鬲賯賷 賴賳丕賰 丕亘賳 丕禺鬲賴 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷乇賴 賲賳匕 孬賱丕孬賷賳 毓丕賲丕賸 賵賷丿毓賶 胤賵賲貙 賱賷賰鬲卮賮 兀賳 胤賵賲 賮賯丿 賵丕賱丿鬲賴 賵鬲禺賱賶 毓賳 丿乇丕爻鬲賴 賱賱丌丿丕亘 賵賱賲 賷毓丿 賷毓賱賲 亘賲賰丕賳 賵噩賵丿 兀禺鬲賴貙 賷賲囟賷丕賳 兀賵賯丕鬲丕賸 賰孬賷乇丞 賲毓丕賸 賵賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賷丨鬲丕噩 丕賱丌禺乇 賱兀爻亘丕亘 賲禺鬲賱賮丞.
賷丨丿丿 兀賵爻鬲乇 夭賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 乇亘賷毓 丕賱毓丕賲 2000 賵賷丿毓賵 丕賱賯丕乇卅 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷夭賵乇 賲毓 丕賱亘胤賱賷賳 兀丨丿 丕賱兀賲賰賳丞 丕賱爻乇賷丞 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丨賷孬 賴賳丕賰 丕賲乇兀丞 卮丕亘丞 賷賯毓 賮賷 睾乇丕賲賴丕 胤賵賲 丕賱卮丕亘貙 賵賱賰賳賳丕 爻賳賰鬲卮賮 賲毓丕賸 兀賳賴丕 丕賲乇兀丞 氐毓亘丞 丕賱賲賳丕賱貙 噩賲賷賱丞貙 賵賲鬲夭賵噩丞 賵賱丿賷賴丕 胤賮賱丕賳 "... 廿賳賴丕 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿丕賸 賷丕 賳丕鬲丕賳 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳賳賷 丨賷賳 兀乇丕賴丕 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賲卮賴丿 賲毓 賵賱丿賷賴丕 兀卮毓乇 亘兀賳 孬賯鬲賷 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲 鬲鬲噩丿丿. 丕毓乇賮 兀賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賲囟丨賰 賱賰賳賳賷 兀賮賰乇 亘賴丕 賳丨賵 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 賲乇丞 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕乇".
鬲鬲賵丕賱賶 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 丨鬲賶 鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞 氐亘丕丨丕賸 賲賳 丕賱丨丕丿賷 毓卮乇 賲賳 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 2001貙 兀賷 賯亘賱 46 丿賯賷賯丞 賲賳 丕乇鬲胤丕賲 兀賵賱 胤丕卅乇丞 賮賷 亘乇噩 賲乇賰夭 丕賱鬲噩丕乇丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷 "... 賵亘毓丿 爻丕毓鬲賷賳 賮賯胤 賲賳 匕賱賰貙 爻賵賮 賷鬲氐丕毓丿 丿禺丕賳 孬賱丕孬丞 丌賱丕賮 噩孬丞 賲丨鬲乇賯丞 毓丕賱賷丕賸 亘丕鬲噩丕賴 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳 賵賷賳賴賲乇 毓賱賷賳丕 毓賱賶 賴賷卅丞 爻丨丕亘丞 亘賷囟丕亍 賲賳 丕賱乇賲丕丿 賵丕賱賲賵鬲.
兀賲丕 丕賱丌賳 賮廿賳 丕賱爻丕毓丞 賱賲 鬲鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞貙 賵亘賷賳賲丕 兀賲卮賷 毓賱賶 胤賵賱 丕賱噩丕丿丞 鬲丨鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賲丕亍 丕賱夭乇賯丕亍 丕賱亘乇丕賯丞貙 兀賳丕 爻毓賷丿貙 賷丕 兀氐丿賯丕卅賷貙 爻毓賷丿 賰兀賷 廿賳爻丕賳 毓丕卮 毓賱賶 丕賱兀乇囟". 賴賰匕丕 賷氐賮 賳丕鬲丕賳 賲丕 卮毓乇 亘賴 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 賵丕賱匕賷 乇兀賶 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賲毓賳賶 兀禺乇 毓賳丿賲丕 賵噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賱賲 賷賲鬲 亘毓丿 賰丕賱賱丌禺乇賷賳....
賷丨丿丿 兀賵爻鬲乇 夭賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 乇亘賷毓 丕賱毓丕賲 2000 賵賷丿毓賵 丕賱賯丕乇卅 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷夭賵乇 賲毓 丕賱亘胤賱賷賳 兀丨丿 丕賱兀賲賰賳丞 丕賱爻乇賷丞 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丨賷孬 賴賳丕賰 丕賲乇兀丞 卮丕亘丞 賷賯毓 賮賷 睾乇丕賲賴丕 胤賵賲 丕賱卮丕亘貙 賵賱賰賳賳丕 爻賳賰鬲卮賮 賲毓丕賸 兀賳賴丕 丕賲乇兀丞 氐毓亘丞 丕賱賲賳丕賱貙 噩賲賷賱丞貙 賵賲鬲夭賵噩丞 賵賱丿賷賴丕 胤賮賱丕賳 "... 廿賳賴丕 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿丕賸 賷丕 賳丕鬲丕賳 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳賳賷 丨賷賳 兀乇丕賴丕 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賲卮賴丿 賲毓 賵賱丿賷賴丕 兀卮毓乇 亘兀賳 孬賯鬲賷 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲 鬲鬲噩丿丿. 丕毓乇賮 兀賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賲囟丨賰 賱賰賳賳賷 兀賮賰乇 亘賴丕 賳丨賵 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 賲乇丞 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕乇".
鬲鬲賵丕賱賶 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 丨鬲賶 鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞 氐亘丕丨丕賸 賲賳 丕賱丨丕丿賷 毓卮乇 賲賳 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 2001貙 兀賷 賯亘賱 46 丿賯賷賯丞 賲賳 丕乇鬲胤丕賲 兀賵賱 胤丕卅乇丞 賮賷 亘乇噩 賲乇賰夭 丕賱鬲噩丕乇丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷 "... 賵亘毓丿 爻丕毓鬲賷賳 賮賯胤 賲賳 匕賱賰貙 爻賵賮 賷鬲氐丕毓丿 丿禺丕賳 孬賱丕孬丞 丌賱丕賮 噩孬丞 賲丨鬲乇賯丞 毓丕賱賷丕賸 亘丕鬲噩丕賴 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳 賵賷賳賴賲乇 毓賱賷賳丕 毓賱賶 賴賷卅丞 爻丨丕亘丞 亘賷囟丕亍 賲賳 丕賱乇賲丕丿 賵丕賱賲賵鬲.
兀賲丕 丕賱丌賳 賮廿賳 丕賱爻丕毓丞 賱賲 鬲鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞貙 賵亘賷賳賲丕 兀賲卮賷 毓賱賶 胤賵賱 丕賱噩丕丿丞 鬲丨鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賲丕亍 丕賱夭乇賯丕亍 丕賱亘乇丕賯丞貙 兀賳丕 爻毓賷丿貙 賷丕 兀氐丿賯丕卅賷貙 爻毓賷丿 賰兀賷 廿賳爻丕賳 毓丕卮 毓賱賶 丕賱兀乇囟". 賴賰匕丕 賷氐賮 賳丕鬲丕賳 賲丕 卮毓乇 亘賴 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 賵丕賱匕賷 乇兀賶 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賲毓賳賶 兀禺乇 毓賳丿賲丕 賵噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賱賲 賷賲鬲 亘毓丿 賰丕賱賱丌禺乇賷賳....
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First published December 27, 2005
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Paul Auster
347听books11.9k听followersPaul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix M茅dicis 脡tranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l鈥橭rdre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.
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October 22, 2022
There is no such thing as a happy family life鈥� All the characters in the story are, in different ways, victims of an unhappy family life鈥� However, despite all the initial unhappiness, The Brooklyn Follies is a happy book.
The protagonist who is also a narrator of the tale relocates himself in Brooklyn and to occupy his spare time he develops a hobby鈥�
Soon, accidentally, he meets his nephew working in the second hand bookshop and gets acquainted with its owner 鈥� an idiosyncratic gay crook鈥�
When, quite unexpectedly, the narrator鈥檚 nine-year-old great-niece appears at his door the events begin to accelerate鈥� Bad luck and mishaps鈥� Infelicity and misfortune鈥�
But in the end the proverbial rule 鈥榓ll鈥檚 well that ends well鈥� triumphs, in a way.
The protagonist who is also a narrator of the tale relocates himself in Brooklyn and to occupy his spare time he develops a hobby鈥�
Humble as the project was, I decided to give it a grandiose, somewhat pompous title 鈥� in order to delude myself into thinking that I was engaged in important work. I called it The Book of Human Folly, and in it I was planning to set down in the simplest, clearest language possible an account of every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I had committed during my long and checkered career as a man.
Soon, accidentally, he meets his nephew working in the second hand bookshop and gets acquainted with its owner 鈥� an idiosyncratic gay crook鈥�
鈥淭here鈥檚 an imp inside me, and if I don鈥檛 let him out to make some mischief now and then, the world just gets too damned dull. I hate feeling grumpy and bored. I鈥檓 an enthusiast, and the more dangerous my life becomes, the happier I am. Some people gamble at cards. Other people climb mountains or jump out of airplanes. I like tricking people. I like seeing how much I can get away with. Even as a kid, one of my dreams was to publish an encyclopedia in which all the information was false. Wrong dates for every historical event, wrong locations for every river, biographies of people who never existed.鈥�
When, quite unexpectedly, the narrator鈥檚 nine-year-old great-niece appears at his door the events begin to accelerate鈥� Bad luck and mishaps鈥� Infelicity and misfortune鈥�
What a motley bunch of messed-up, floundering souls. What stunning examples of human imperfection. A father whose daughter wants nothing to do with him anymore. A brother who hasn鈥檛 seen or heard from his sister in three years. And a little girl who鈥檚 run away from home and refuses to speak.
But in the end the proverbial rule 鈥榓ll鈥檚 well that ends well鈥� triumphs, in a way.
June 7, 2021
Una lectura muy agradable. Es el primer libro de Auster que leo en mi vida.
Es una historia cotidiana que, p谩gina a p谩gina, se va complicando cada vez m谩s. A Auster se le va un poco la mano con los personajes y con la trama porqu茅 todo resulta demasiado forzado. Todos los personajes que intervenen llevan una vida dura, complicada hasta el extremo y esto le resta veracidad. Entiendo que es necesario para la novela y que, a pesar de todo, bueno... cumple con el objetivo y con creces.
Lo mejor: el personaje principal de Nathan Glass. Sin duda. Un casi sesent贸n c铆nico y de una gran agudeza. Se hace querer.
A very pleasant read. It's the first Auster book I've ever read.
It is a daily story that, page by page, becomes more and more complicated. Auster goes a bit too far with the characters and the plot because everything is too forced. All the characters involved lead a hard, complicated life to the extreme and this detracts from its truthfulness.
I understand that it is necessary for the novel and that, despite everything, well... It achieves the goal more.
The best: Nathan Glass's main character. No doubt. A cynical sixty year old man of great wit. He makes himself loved.
Es una historia cotidiana que, p谩gina a p谩gina, se va complicando cada vez m谩s. A Auster se le va un poco la mano con los personajes y con la trama porqu茅 todo resulta demasiado forzado. Todos los personajes que intervenen llevan una vida dura, complicada hasta el extremo y esto le resta veracidad. Entiendo que es necesario para la novela y que, a pesar de todo, bueno... cumple con el objetivo y con creces.
Lo mejor: el personaje principal de Nathan Glass. Sin duda. Un casi sesent贸n c铆nico y de una gran agudeza. Se hace querer.
A very pleasant read. It's the first Auster book I've ever read.
It is a daily story that, page by page, becomes more and more complicated. Auster goes a bit too far with the characters and the plot because everything is too forced. All the characters involved lead a hard, complicated life to the extreme and this detracts from its truthfulness.
I understand that it is necessary for the novel and that, despite everything, well... It achieves the goal more.
The best: Nathan Glass's main character. No doubt. A cynical sixty year old man of great wit. He makes himself loved.
February 2, 2023
鈥淓stoy buscando un sitio tranquilo para morir. Alguien me recomend贸 Brooklyn鈥︹€�Con esta atractiva frase empieza una algo ins铆pida novela ambientada en un Brooklyn a medio camino entre una gran ciudad y un pueblecito donde toda la gente se saluda por la calle. Pero, como todo el que conoce a Auster sabe, el hombre propone y el azar dispone.
"Todo destino es arbitrario, toda decisi贸n est谩 regida por el azar. Ya puedes ir derecho, zigzaguear, llegar lo m谩s r谩pido posible, pero en el fondo no tienes ni voz ni voto en el asunto. Eres un juguete de los dioses y no tienes voluntad propia."Y esta vez dispone a gusto de casi todos.
鈥淓l mundo ha ido de tragedia en tragedia, de horror en horror, pero los seres humanos seguimos existiendo, enamor谩ndonos y hallando alegr铆a en la vida. Me pareci贸 que 茅ste era un momento para recordarlo."Esto dec铆a Auster en sus entrevistas de presentaci贸n de la novela, algo que ya dej贸 dicho en su texto:
鈥淨uiero hablar de felicidad y bienestar, de esos raros e inesperados momentos en que enmudece la voz interior y uno se siente en paz con el mundo.鈥�Y efectivamente, de esto trata la novela, de c贸mo el azar maneja nuestras vidas y de no ceder al desaliento, de no perder nunca la esperanza de que surja algo que cambie por completo nuestra vida y nos traslade a un mundo diferente y mejor. Para ello Auster encadena una serie de historias de final feliz sobre las que lo m谩s que puedo decir en su favor es que me han entretenido.
Quiz谩s sea mucho m谩s dif铆cil escribir una obra notable cuando lo que se cuenta es una historia amable sobre gente simp谩tica que mantiene unos principios similares a los nuestros y que al final consiguen un estado de tranquila felicidad, pero el caso es que esta novela de Auster me ha parecido una sinsustancia. Y ya siento decirlo pues estaba en un momento de redescubrimiento del autor y comprendo perfectamente su necesidad de escribir una novela de este tipo tras el suceso m谩s tr谩gico de la reciente historia de su pa铆s, pero poco he podido disfrutar de una novela que me ha parecido simple y predecible. Aun as铆, aceptando la tesis de Guelbenzu de que la novela es un cuento de hadas y as铆 hay que enfrentarse a ella, mantengo las tres estrellas que tan generosamente le otorgu茅 en su d铆a.
February 23, 2022
賷丨賰賷 亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 丨賰丕賷丕鬲 賵丨賲丕賯丕鬲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賮賷 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳
亘胤賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇噩賱 爻鬲賷賳賷 賲乇賷囟 賵賲鬲賯丕毓丿 賷賳鬲賯賱 賱賱毓賷卮 賮賷 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳 丕賳鬲馗丕乇丕 賱賱賳賴丕賷丞
賱賰賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 亘賱 亘丿丕賷丞 丨賷丕丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賲夭丿丨賲丞 亘丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
賵鬲馗賱 丕賱毓孬乇丕鬲 賵丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 賵丕賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 噩夭亍 兀爻丕爻賷 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱丕 鬲賰鬲賲賱 亘丿賵賳賴
亘胤賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇噩賱 爻鬲賷賳賷 賲乇賷囟 賵賲鬲賯丕毓丿 賷賳鬲賯賱 賱賱毓賷卮 賮賷 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳 丕賳鬲馗丕乇丕 賱賱賳賴丕賷丞
賱賰賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 亘賱 亘丿丕賷丞 丨賷丕丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賲夭丿丨賲丞 亘丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
賵鬲馗賱 丕賱毓孬乇丕鬲 賵丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 賵丕賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 噩夭亍 兀爻丕爻賷 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱丕 鬲賰鬲賲賱 亘丿賵賳賴
January 11, 2020
Wasn't sure whether I'd like Auster, but I enjoyed this book about NYC. I can see Al Pacino doing the main part in a future movie... Now I still have the Book of Illusions on my shelf waiting for me to pick it up...
May 20, 2018
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May 16, 2021
Nathan Glass, our protagonist, returns to Brooklyn, the place of his birth, thinking that his life is over. He is divorced from his wife, estranged from his only daughter and is in remission from lung cancer but has no idea how long that will last; if he has one month or many years left to live. At the beginning of the novel he doesn't seem to care that much. But he begins to care more and more as the novel progresses. On arriving in Brooklyn he meets up with his nephew, Tom. They haven't met for many years. Tom has changed drastically from the brilliant young boy with an academic scholarship and a marvelous career ahead of him. But things didn't work out for him as planned. Nathan finds himself getting involved more and more deeply in Tom's life and in the lives of others he meets in his Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond, mostly in efforts to help them. In doing so he finds the desire to live and and the ability to love, as do many of the characters in this novel.
Auster's message is that life is messy and expectations don't always work out as planned due to our follies, the foolish or just desperate mistakes we make in our lives People do not always have control over their lives and can only strive to hopefully, dig themselves out of their messy and often painful lives and perhaps find a reason to live a better life, and even love. Many of the well-drawn characters in this novel do just that.
Throughout this novel, Nathan observes these people while involved in their lives and is scribbling notes for a book about them. Perhaps this is that book.
Auster's message is that life is messy and expectations don't always work out as planned due to our follies, the foolish or just desperate mistakes we make in our lives People do not always have control over their lives and can only strive to hopefully, dig themselves out of their messy and often painful lives and perhaps find a reason to live a better life, and even love. Many of the well-drawn characters in this novel do just that.
Throughout this novel, Nathan observes these people while involved in their lives and is scribbling notes for a book about them. Perhaps this is that book.
October 6, 2020
Paul Auster's The brooklyn Follies presents a stark contrast to the first work of his that I've read, The New York Trilogy; although the majority of it takes place in New York, the two are different as night and day. Novels that comprise The New York Trilogy have been largely experimental, post-modern cat and mouse between the author and the reader; The Brooklyn Follies is a novel with a pretty straightforward but nevertheless compelling plot and characters one can care about. As the title suggests, it is a novel about folly; what follies do we put ourselves in, voluntarily or not, and what are their consequences.
The protagonist and narrator is a man named Nathan Glass, a 60 year old ex-insurance salesman, who went through lung cancer and has recently became a divorcee, has sort of given up on life and wants to calmly wait it out until its end, spending the savings he has attained. Looking for a quiet place to die, upon someone's recommendation he moves back to Brooklyn, the place he kept returning to, as he lived there as a child. While browsing the area, Nathan Wood encounters his newhew, Tom, once a promising academician, now a former cab driver and a current used book store employee. He introduces Nathan to his boss, Harry Duncan, a character with a colorful past, who still has a few schemes and plans up his sleeve. To pass the time, Nathan began a project of his own - The Book of Human Folly - an accounts of mishaps and mistakes, which as the title suggest might have ended as the text of the very novel we're reading.
Starting with a wish to die, The Brooklyn Follies slowly moves up towards the will to live. Reading the novel is a journey, during which we witness the transformation of the characters; their redemption and reconfirmation, regaining of life. The tone is much more jovial than the one of The New York Trilogy and the characters often end up in mishap and folly; but there is poignancy, a sense of place and time, a community before the 9/11 attacks, peacefulness and ordinariness. The plot is captivating and the drama is real; to say more would be to spoil it. The characters are colorful and the book never drags; in fact, I wouldn't mind if it was longer. The theme of the book, the folly, is an important one. We all are a part of life, and observe it. The characters in the novel all have ben lost, resigned or misplaced; we observe how they slowly get their lives back, and change from willing to die to wanting to live. Perhaps beneath the tiredness and mundanity there is still something worth striving for, and these people have taken their chances.
Although not the most original of ideas, the novel is captivating and full of colorful characters. The writing is crisp, and the lack of surreal elements and impersonal cold serves greatly to its favor. Auster paints his Brooklyn with warm strokes, and gives his characters original and likable personalities; the novel is a gentle and tender one, where the reader genuinely cares about the fate of people he's reading about.It's humorous, engaging and inspiring; it's human drama done well. A good choice to spend several hours, involved in the life of an everyman, his aspirations, dreams, triumphs, failures and hopes. At worst, you'l put it away and not think much of it; at best, it might inspire you and re-engage you with everyday activities and make you see them in a different light.
The protagonist and narrator is a man named Nathan Glass, a 60 year old ex-insurance salesman, who went through lung cancer and has recently became a divorcee, has sort of given up on life and wants to calmly wait it out until its end, spending the savings he has attained. Looking for a quiet place to die, upon someone's recommendation he moves back to Brooklyn, the place he kept returning to, as he lived there as a child. While browsing the area, Nathan Wood encounters his newhew, Tom, once a promising academician, now a former cab driver and a current used book store employee. He introduces Nathan to his boss, Harry Duncan, a character with a colorful past, who still has a few schemes and plans up his sleeve. To pass the time, Nathan began a project of his own - The Book of Human Folly - an accounts of mishaps and mistakes, which as the title suggest might have ended as the text of the very novel we're reading.
Starting with a wish to die, The Brooklyn Follies slowly moves up towards the will to live. Reading the novel is a journey, during which we witness the transformation of the characters; their redemption and reconfirmation, regaining of life. The tone is much more jovial than the one of The New York Trilogy and the characters often end up in mishap and folly; but there is poignancy, a sense of place and time, a community before the 9/11 attacks, peacefulness and ordinariness. The plot is captivating and the drama is real; to say more would be to spoil it. The characters are colorful and the book never drags; in fact, I wouldn't mind if it was longer. The theme of the book, the folly, is an important one. We all are a part of life, and observe it. The characters in the novel all have ben lost, resigned or misplaced; we observe how they slowly get their lives back, and change from willing to die to wanting to live. Perhaps beneath the tiredness and mundanity there is still something worth striving for, and these people have taken their chances.
Although not the most original of ideas, the novel is captivating and full of colorful characters. The writing is crisp, and the lack of surreal elements and impersonal cold serves greatly to its favor. Auster paints his Brooklyn with warm strokes, and gives his characters original and likable personalities; the novel is a gentle and tender one, where the reader genuinely cares about the fate of people he's reading about.It's humorous, engaging and inspiring; it's human drama done well. A good choice to spend several hours, involved in the life of an everyman, his aspirations, dreams, triumphs, failures and hopes. At worst, you'l put it away and not think much of it; at best, it might inspire you and re-engage you with everyday activities and make you see them in a different light.
June 4, 2019
An old dude gives a nine year old girl her bath. A niece tells her uncle about her own personal experiences with... oral sex.
... Yuck!
That there is an urge to be risque makes the conservative, too-quick-to-be-astonished writer a humongous dud in this instance.
Only when tackling meta terrains is this esteemed writer of ANY practical use.
... Yuck!
That there is an urge to be risque makes the conservative, too-quick-to-be-astonished writer a humongous dud in this instance.
Only when tackling meta terrains is this esteemed writer of ANY practical use.
September 25, 2017
Nathan Glass, Fifty-nine, retired and divorced who is not normally prone to bouts of self-pity, declares his desire to seek 'a silent end to my sad and ridiculous life'; the same Nathan Glass who is writing a book dedicated to his life's collection of 'verbal flubs, physical mishaps, failed ideas and social gaffs. Auster's postmodern idea's are built around a host of such recurrent themes, identity and feeling lost in the world, Auster's prose here is nothing new, but that's a good thing. Sharp, simple and compelling. I warmed to Nathan immediately, urbane and funny, but also insecure and generous. He has moved from the suburbs to Brooklyn and claims he doesn't wish to last the year, whilst also trying to write a book, He grows to love its vitality and endless possibilities, and for chance connections. He doesn't really want to die, probably just bored. But a re-acquaintance with his nephew Tom, would lead to a friendship he least expected, he and Nathan share long conversations about the nature of things. Tom's nine-year-old niece Lucy turns up out of the blue, refusing to speak. Suddenly these three bridge a gap from their past lives and help each other with the possibility of reclaiming hope. Tom and Nathan take her on a car trip and fatefully escape a crash; the bookshop owner dies, leaving it to Tom; Nathan rescues Aurora (Lucy's mother) from a lunatic husband; Nathan, Tom and Aurora get girlfriends. This could only be Auster, it's oddly compelling pretty much all the way through, Because he is simply such a gifted storyteller, whether things are slightly bizarre is irrelevant, he draws you into a world you don't want to leave, with characters to warm the soul. The Brooklyn Follies was a pleasure to read, but it does carry a sense of literary coasting. It is strong on set-pieces ans conversation, but as the story gathers pace, the thread between these fragments starts to fray. There is nothing wrong with being anxious about humankind's ignorance and impotence, but Auster can be too eager to shoehorn in reminders about the randomness of fate, and the effects this has on everyday people. A solid Auster novel, not in my view him at his peak, but it's warm humour within the pages was a joy to behold.
April 6, 2017
賲賳 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 亘丕夭賲 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕卮鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳. 卮亘丕 賲蹖 乇賮鬲賲 爻乇丕睾 讴鬲丕亘 賵 丕夭 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 賲蹖 乇賮鬲賲 鬲賵 丿賳蹖丕蹖 鬲氐丕丿賮丕鬲 賵 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 丕爻鬲乇. 賲孬賱 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲蹖 诏賲 噩賳亘賴 賴丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 - 亘賴 賴賲賴 蹖 賲毓丕賳蹖 - 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丕爻鬲乇 賲賳賵 亘賴 禺賵丿卮 噩匕亘 賲蹖 讴賳賴 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲卮 倬匕蹖乇丕蹖 鬲氐丕丿賮賴 - 鬲氐丕丿賮蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 賲毓賳丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕乇賴 賮賯胤 賴爻鬲 賵 趩丕乇賴 丕蹖 賴賲 賳丿丕乇賴貨 丕氐賱丕 賲丕 賴賲賴 夭丕蹖蹖丿賴 蹖 鬲氐丕丿賮丕鬲蹖賲 賳賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 禺賵丿賲賵賳 亘蹖乇賵賳 诏賵丿 亘丕卮蹖賲
亘丕賵乇賲 賳賲蹖 卮賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 丕夭 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳 亘丕卮賴. 鬲乇噩賲賴 讴賲蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 賲鬲賵爻胤賴. 丕賵賱丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 賲賵丕乇丿蹖 丕夭 丕卮鬲亘丕赖丕鬲 賵 孬丕賳蹖丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 爻丕賳爻賵乇 诏卮丕丿賴 丿爻鬲丕賳賴 毓賲賱 卮丿賴 - 蹖毓賳蹖 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丨匕賮 蹖讴 讴賱賲賴 蹖丕 蹖讴 噩賲賱賴 蹖賴賵 趩賳丿 禺胤 蹖丕 趩賳丿 亘賳丿 丨匕賮 卮丿賳 - 賵 孬丕賱孬丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 賴賲 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 丿蹖诏賴 亘賴 爻丕賳爻賵乇 乇亘胤蹖 賳丿丕乇賴. 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 丨丿丕賯賱 丿賴 氐賮丨賴 丕蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 鬲乇噩賲賴 賳卮丿賴 - 讴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 賲賵丕乇丿蹖 讴賴 丨匕賮蹖丕鬲 賮賴賲 賲丕噩乇丕 乇賵 賲禺鬲賱 讴乇丿賴. 丕賱亘鬲賴 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳 蹖賴 賵蹖夭诏蹖 賲孬亘鬲賵 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 丕賵賳 鬲賵囟蹖丨丕鬲蹖賴 讴賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丕氐胤賱丕丨丕鬲 賵 丕賮乇丕丿 賵 ... 丿乇 賲鬲賳 - 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 賳賵毓 亘乇诏乇丿丕賳丿賳 噩賲賱丕鬲 - 蹖丕 丿乇 倬丕賵乇賯蹖 賴丕 丌賵乇丿賴. 鬲賮丕賵鬲 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘丕 爻丕蹖乇 鬲乇噩賲賴 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕夭 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳 丿蹖丿賲 蹖丕 賳卮丕賳 丕夭 丿賯鬲 讴賲鬲乇卮 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇賴 蹖丕 賳卮丕賳 丕夭 賵蹖乇丕爻鬲丕乇丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 倬卮鬲 氐丨賳賴 賲卮睾賵賱 亘賴 讴丕乇賳丿 賵 賲丕 賯丿乇 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳蹖賲
爻丕賳爻賵乇賴丕蹖 賲囟賲賵賳蹖: 賲胤丕賱亘 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 賴賲噩賳爻 诏乇丕蹖蹖 - 賲乇丿丕賳賴 賵 夭賳丕賳賴 - 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 (賲乇丿丕賳賴 禺氐賵氐丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賴乇蹖 賵 丕賮乇丕丿 丿賵乇 賵 亘乇卮 賵 夭賳丕賳賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 乇賵乇蹖 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 讴鬲丕亘). 亘賳丿賴丕蹖 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 賴賲夭賲丕賳 乇賵乇蹖 亘丕 丿賵 賲乇丿 賵 賲毓賱賵賲 賳亘賵丿賳 倬丿乇 賱賵爻蹖 賴賲 丨匕賮 卮丿賴. 氐丨賳賴 蹖 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 丿賴丕賳蹖 倬丿乇 亘丕亘 亘丕 乇賵乇蹖 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 噩夭 趩賳丿 噩賲賱賴 蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖. 賵 丕賲賵乇蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿爻鬲
丨丕卮蹖賴: 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 趩丕倬 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 噩賱丿卮 賴賲 鬲丕夭賴 卮丿賴 丕賲丕 亘賴 诏賵丕賴蹖 爻丕蹖鬲 讴鬲丕亘禺丕賳賴 蹖 賲賱蹖 禺亘乇蹖 丕夭 賵蹖乇丕蹖卮 賳蹖爻鬲
亘丕賵乇賲 賳賲蹖 卮賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 丕夭 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳 亘丕卮賴. 鬲乇噩賲賴 讴賲蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 賲鬲賵爻胤賴. 丕賵賱丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 賲賵丕乇丿蹖 丕夭 丕卮鬲亘丕赖丕鬲 賵 孬丕賳蹖丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 爻丕賳爻賵乇 诏卮丕丿賴 丿爻鬲丕賳賴 毓賲賱 卮丿賴 - 蹖毓賳蹖 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丨匕賮 蹖讴 讴賱賲賴 蹖丕 蹖讴 噩賲賱賴 蹖賴賵 趩賳丿 禺胤 蹖丕 趩賳丿 亘賳丿 丨匕賮 卮丿賳 - 賵 孬丕賱孬丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 賴賲 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 丿蹖诏賴 亘賴 爻丕賳爻賵乇 乇亘胤蹖 賳丿丕乇賴. 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 丨丿丕賯賱 丿賴 氐賮丨賴 丕蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 鬲乇噩賲賴 賳卮丿賴 - 讴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 賲賵丕乇丿蹖 讴賴 丨匕賮蹖丕鬲 賮賴賲 賲丕噩乇丕 乇賵 賲禺鬲賱 讴乇丿賴. 丕賱亘鬲賴 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳 蹖賴 賵蹖夭诏蹖 賲孬亘鬲賵 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 丕賵賳 鬲賵囟蹖丨丕鬲蹖賴 讴賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丕氐胤賱丕丨丕鬲 賵 丕賮乇丕丿 賵 ... 丿乇 賲鬲賳 - 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 賳賵毓 亘乇诏乇丿丕賳丿賳 噩賲賱丕鬲 - 蹖丕 丿乇 倬丕賵乇賯蹖 賴丕 丌賵乇丿賴. 鬲賮丕賵鬲 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘丕 爻丕蹖乇 鬲乇噩賲賴 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕夭 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳 丿蹖丿賲 蹖丕 賳卮丕賳 丕夭 丿賯鬲 讴賲鬲乇卮 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇賴 蹖丕 賳卮丕賳 丕夭 賵蹖乇丕爻鬲丕乇丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 倬卮鬲 氐丨賳賴 賲卮睾賵賱 亘賴 讴丕乇賳丿 賵 賲丕 賯丿乇 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳蹖賲
爻丕賳爻賵乇賴丕蹖 賲囟賲賵賳蹖: 賲胤丕賱亘 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 賴賲噩賳爻 诏乇丕蹖蹖 - 賲乇丿丕賳賴 賵 夭賳丕賳賴 - 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 (賲乇丿丕賳賴 禺氐賵氐丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賴乇蹖 賵 丕賮乇丕丿 丿賵乇 賵 亘乇卮 賵 夭賳丕賳賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 乇賵乇蹖 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 讴鬲丕亘). 亘賳丿賴丕蹖 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 賴賲夭賲丕賳 乇賵乇蹖 亘丕 丿賵 賲乇丿 賵 賲毓賱賵賲 賳亘賵丿賳 倬丿乇 賱賵爻蹖 賴賲 丨匕賮 卮丿賴. 氐丨賳賴 蹖 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 丿賴丕賳蹖 倬丿乇 亘丕亘 亘丕 乇賵乇蹖 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 噩夭 趩賳丿 噩賲賱賴 蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖. 賵 丕賲賵乇蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿爻鬲
丨丕卮蹖賴: 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 趩丕倬 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 噩賱丿卮 賴賲 鬲丕夭賴 卮丿賴 丕賲丕 亘賴 诏賵丕賴蹖 爻丕蹖鬲 讴鬲丕亘禺丕賳賴 蹖 賲賱蹖 禺亘乇蹖 丕夭 賵蹖乇丕蹖卮 賳蹖爻鬲
September 12, 2016
Oh hey look, another book by a pompous old white man peopled almost entirely by pompous white men holding forth on existence and the meaning of life and the inner workings of the mind and their own bloated legacies and women as playthings and agents of growth.
Is this what Paul Auster is always like? I think the only other of his books I've ever read is the graphic novel adaptation of City of Glass, which was about a million years ago.
Idk man, I mean I didn't hate-read this exactly, but I definitely knew by p. 20 that I was going to be annoyed the whole way through, and I was. Barring a few relatively interesting plot surprises, this was more or less insufferable from start to finish.
Is this what Paul Auster is always like? I think the only other of his books I've ever read is the graphic novel adaptation of City of Glass, which was about a million years ago.
Idk man, I mean I didn't hate-read this exactly, but I definitely knew by p. 20 that I was going to be annoyed the whole way through, and I was. Barring a few relatively interesting plot surprises, this was more or less insufferable from start to finish.
February 11, 2018
The Brooklyn Follies, Paul Auster
The Brooklyn Follies is a 2005 novel by Paul Auster. 60-year-old Nathan Glass returns to Brooklyn after his wife has left him. He is recovering from lung cancer and is looking for "a quiet place to die". In Brooklyn he meets his nephew, Tom, whom he has not seen in several years. Tom has seemingly given up on life and has resigned himself to a string of meaningless jobs as he waits for his life to change. They develop a close friendship, entertaining each other in their misery, as they both try to avoid taking part in life.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 丿賵賲 賲丕賴 丌诏賵爻鬲 爻丕賱 2008 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丿蹖賵丕賳诏蹖 丿乇 亘乇賵讴賱蹖賳貨 倬賱 丌爻鬲乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賮賯貙 1386貙 丿乇 357 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789643692957貨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 賯乇賳 21
賳丕鬲丕賳 倬蹖乇賲乇丿蹖 卮氐鬲 爻丕賱賴 讴賴 賴賲爻乇卮 丕夭 丕蹖卮丕賳 噩丿丕 卮丿賴貙 丕乇鬲亘丕胤蹖 亘丕 爻丕蹖乇蹖賳 賵 賮丕賲蹖賱 賳丿丕乇丿貙 爻乇胤丕賳 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 賲讴丕賳蹖 丌乇丕賲 丕爻鬲 鬲丕 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 毓賲乇 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 丌賳噩丕 爻倬乇蹖 讴賳丿. 丿賵爻鬲蹖 亘賴 丕賵 亘乇賵讴賱蹖賳 乇丕 賲毓乇賮蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 賳丕鬲丕賳 乇丕賴蹖 丌賳噩丕 賲蹖卮賵丿. ... 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Brooklyn Follies is a 2005 novel by Paul Auster. 60-year-old Nathan Glass returns to Brooklyn after his wife has left him. He is recovering from lung cancer and is looking for "a quiet place to die". In Brooklyn he meets his nephew, Tom, whom he has not seen in several years. Tom has seemingly given up on life and has resigned himself to a string of meaningless jobs as he waits for his life to change. They develop a close friendship, entertaining each other in their misery, as they both try to avoid taking part in life.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 丿賵賲 賲丕賴 丌诏賵爻鬲 爻丕賱 2008 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丿蹖賵丕賳诏蹖 丿乇 亘乇賵讴賱蹖賳貨 倬賱 丌爻鬲乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賮賯貙 1386貙 丿乇 357 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789643692957貨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 賯乇賳 21
賳丕鬲丕賳 倬蹖乇賲乇丿蹖 卮氐鬲 爻丕賱賴 讴賴 賴賲爻乇卮 丕夭 丕蹖卮丕賳 噩丿丕 卮丿賴貙 丕乇鬲亘丕胤蹖 亘丕 爻丕蹖乇蹖賳 賵 賮丕賲蹖賱 賳丿丕乇丿貙 爻乇胤丕賳 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 賲讴丕賳蹖 丌乇丕賲 丕爻鬲 鬲丕 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 毓賲乇 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 丌賳噩丕 爻倬乇蹖 讴賳丿. 丿賵爻鬲蹖 亘賴 丕賵 亘乇賵讴賱蹖賳 乇丕 賲毓乇賮蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 賳丕鬲丕賳 乇丕賴蹖 丌賳噩丕 賲蹖卮賵丿. ... 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
May 16, 2021
2.4 stars. It was a relatively fast read for me鈥攐ne day. Sort of wanted to just get it over with so I could move on to other books that I might like more. Not a ringing endorsement for this book, I realize.
I felt some of the writing was contrived.
In fact I will say this鈥�.what I did not like about it the most, and I borrow a quote from a GR friend of mine who said something in her review, and I liked it so much because I felt that she nailed it 鈥攕aid something so eloquently I wrote it down so I could use it later when I came across that feeling and to say it how she said it鈥he said this: 鈥淚t pulls me out of the narrative to hear the writer writing.鈥� Auster would write some crazy goofy sappy or stupid things (IMHO) and I no longer believed the character was real. I was distracted from the story. I love a book when I am immersed in it and the universe for me is an alternate universe鈥攖he universe of the novel or short story I am reading.
So there! 馃え 馃 馃檭
Reviews:
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I felt some of the writing was contrived.
In fact I will say this鈥�.what I did not like about it the most, and I borrow a quote from a GR friend of mine who said something in her review, and I liked it so much because I felt that she nailed it 鈥攕aid something so eloquently I wrote it down so I could use it later when I came across that feeling and to say it how she said it鈥he said this: 鈥淚t pulls me out of the narrative to hear the writer writing.鈥� Auster would write some crazy goofy sappy or stupid things (IMHO) and I no longer believed the character was real. I was distracted from the story. I love a book when I am immersed in it and the universe for me is an alternate universe鈥攖he universe of the novel or short story I am reading.
So there! 馃え 馃 馃檭
Reviews:
鈥� (yup, I pretty much agree with this reviewer鈥檚 assessment):
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September 19, 2021
賵丕賯毓丕 毓丕賱蹖 賵 禺賵卮鈥屫堌з�
October 1, 2012
乇噩賱 爻鬲賷賳賷 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 賲丿賷賳丞 氐丕賱丨丞 賱賰賷 賷賲賵鬲 賮賷賴丕 亘爻賱丕賲 貙 亘毓丿 丨賷丕丞 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 賵氐賮賴丕 亘丕賱賳丕噩丨丞 兀亘丿丕賸 賮賯丿 禺賱賾賮 賵乇丕卅賴 賲胤賱賯丞 賳丕賯賲丞 賵 丕亘賳丞 鬲乇賮囟 丕賱乇丿 毓賱賶 乇爻丕卅賱賴 賵 爻乇胤丕賳 賯乇乇 丕賱丕賳囟賲丕賲 廿賱賶 丕賱賲毓爻賰乇 丕賱丌禺乇 . 賵 賴賳丕賰 賷賱鬲賯賷 亘丕亘賳 兀禺鬲賴 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷丨賱賲 兀賳 賷賰賵賳賴 賮賷 氐亘丕賴 賵 賱賰賳賴 賴賵 丕賱丌禺乇 賯丿 鬲丕賴 賮賷 乇爻丕賱丞 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇丕丞 賮賵噩丿 賳賮爻賴 丿賵賳賲丕 丕賳鬲亘丕賴 爻丕卅賯丕賸 賱賱兀噩乇丞 賵 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱馗乇賵賮 睾賷乇 丕賱噩賷丿丞 兀亘丿丕賸 鬲賳胤賱賯 丕賱賯氐丞 賵 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱賯賵賱 亘賰賱 孬賯丞 兀賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 兀賲賱 賲賳 丕賱胤乇丕夭 丕賱兀賵賱 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 賰賵賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賲 賷睾賮賱 囟乇亘丕鬲 丕賱夭賲丕賳 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 賵 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 亘丿 兀賳 鬲兀鬲賷 亘賷賳 丕賱賮賷賳丞 賵 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賵 亘丨亘賰丞 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱丿賴丕亍 賵丕賱鬲卮賵賷賯 鬲噩丿 賳賮爻賰 賱丕 鬲鬲賵賯賮 毓賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 廿賱丕 賲乇睾賲丕賸 賮丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿丕賸 賵 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘毓賳丕賷丞 賮丕卅賯丞 賵 亘丨爻 賮賰丕賴賷 賵 賮賱爻賮賷 賮賷 匕丕鬲 丕賱賵賯鬲 . 賷丐賰丿 亘賵賱 丕賵爻鬲乇 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賶 氐毓賵亘丞 丨賷丕丞 兀亘胤丕賱賴丕 兀賳賴丕 丨賷丕丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱毓賷卮 . 兀賲乇 丌禺乇 貙 賴賳丕賰 賲賰鬲亘丞 賵 賴賳丕賰 丨丿賷孬 噩賲賷賱 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 賵 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵 丕賱賰鬲賾丕亘 賵 賴匕賴 兀卮賷丕亍 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 賲賯丕賵賲鬲賴丕 .
鬲賵氐賷丞 賲睾賲囟丞 丕賱毓賷賳賷賳 賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳 .
January 30, 2025
袩芯褔械谢芯 褬械 芯写谢懈褔薪芯 - 袧械褬褌邪薪 袚谢邪褋, 薪邪 锌褉邪谐褍 褋褌邪褉芯褋褌懈, 薪邪褔械褌 芯蟹斜懈褭薪芯屑 斜芯谢械褕褯褍, 卸械谢懈 写邪 褋械 褋泻褉邪褋懈 懈 锌褉芯薪邪褣械 "屑械褋褌芯 蟹邪 褍屑懈褉邪褮械", 蟹邪 褌芯 芯写邪斜懈褉邪褬褍褯懈 袘褉褍泻谢懈薪.
袧械 斜邪褕 胁械褋械谢芯, 邪谢懈 袨褋褌械褉 芯 褋胁械屑褍 褌芯屑械 锌懈褕械 懈蟹褍蟹械褌薪芯 蟹邪薪懈屑褭懈胁芯. 袩芯谢邪泻芯 褋械 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪 袧械褬褌邪薪芯胁邪 芯泻芯谢懈薪邪, 锌芯褉芯写懈褔薪邪 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈褬邪, 锌褉芯褕谢芯褋褌 懈 褋褍写斜懈薪械 褋邪 褮懈屑 锌芯胁械蟹邪薪懈褏 谢懈泻芯胁邪. 袨褋懈屑 褌芯谐邪, 褋邪 袧械褬褌邪薪芯屑 褕械褌邪屑芯 懈 斜褉褍泻谢懈薪褋泻懈屑 懈 褮褍褬芯褉褕泻懈屑 褍谢懈褑邪屑邪, 邪 屑械薪懈 褋褍 褌懈 褍褉斜邪薪懈 "褎谢邪薪械褉懈" 褍胁械泻 胁懈褋芯泻芯 薪邪 谢懈褋褌懈. 袧芯, 薪邪 褋褉械写懈薪懈 懈 锌褉懈 泻褉邪褬褍 懈屑邪 薪械泻芯谢懈泻芯 屑芯屑械薪邪褌邪 薪邪 泻芯褬械 褋邪屑 斜邪褕 锌褉械胁褉薪褍芯 芯褔懈屑邪, 邪谢懈 薪械 斜懈褏 褋锌芯褬谢芯胁邪芯, 褌邪泻芯 写邪 屑懈 褋械 褋胁械褍泻褍锌薪懈 褍褌懈褋邪泻 屑邪谢芯 褋薪懈蟹懈芯.
校 褋胁邪泻芯屑 褋谢褍褔邪褬褍, 袩芯谢 袨褋褌械褉 褬械 懈蟹褍蟹械褌邪薪 邪褍褌芯褉 懈 褋胁械 锌褉械锌芯褉褍泻械 蟹邪 懈褋褌褉邪卸懈胁邪褮械 褮械谐芯胁芯谐 芯锌褍褋邪.
袧械 斜邪褕 胁械褋械谢芯, 邪谢懈 袨褋褌械褉 芯 褋胁械屑褍 褌芯屑械 锌懈褕械 懈蟹褍蟹械褌薪芯 蟹邪薪懈屑褭懈胁芯. 袩芯谢邪泻芯 褋械 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪 袧械褬褌邪薪芯胁邪 芯泻芯谢懈薪邪, 锌芯褉芯写懈褔薪邪 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈褬邪, 锌褉芯褕谢芯褋褌 懈 褋褍写斜懈薪械 褋邪 褮懈屑 锌芯胁械蟹邪薪懈褏 谢懈泻芯胁邪. 袨褋懈屑 褌芯谐邪, 褋邪 袧械褬褌邪薪芯屑 褕械褌邪屑芯 懈 斜褉褍泻谢懈薪褋泻懈屑 懈 褮褍褬芯褉褕泻懈屑 褍谢懈褑邪屑邪, 邪 屑械薪懈 褋褍 褌懈 褍褉斜邪薪懈 "褎谢邪薪械褉懈" 褍胁械泻 胁懈褋芯泻芯 薪邪 谢懈褋褌懈. 袧芯, 薪邪 褋褉械写懈薪懈 懈 锌褉懈 泻褉邪褬褍 懈屑邪 薪械泻芯谢懈泻芯 屑芯屑械薪邪褌邪 薪邪 泻芯褬械 褋邪屑 斜邪褕 锌褉械胁褉薪褍芯 芯褔懈屑邪, 邪谢懈 薪械 斜懈褏 褋锌芯褬谢芯胁邪芯, 褌邪泻芯 写邪 屑懈 褋械 褋胁械褍泻褍锌薪懈 褍褌懈褋邪泻 屑邪谢芯 褋薪懈蟹懈芯.
校 褋胁邪泻芯屑 褋谢褍褔邪褬褍, 袩芯谢 袨褋褌械褉 褬械 懈蟹褍蟹械褌邪薪 邪褍褌芯褉 懈 褋胁械 锌褉械锌芯褉褍泻械 蟹邪 懈褋褌褉邪卸懈胁邪褮械 褮械谐芯胁芯谐 芯锌褍褋邪.
August 7, 2017
鈥淯na persona muore, e a poco a poco tutte le tracce di quella vita spariscono. Un inventore sopravvive nelle sue invenzioni, un architetto nei suoi edifici, ma la maggior parte della gente non si lascia alle spalle monumenti o prodotti duraturi.鈥�
Nathan, sessantenne in pensione con un tumore in via di guarigione decide di tornare a Brooklyn, citt脿 dove 猫 nato, lontano da tutte le persone che conosce, per morire.
鈥淨uando un uomo arriva alla nostra et脿 猫 poco pi霉 che una serie di ex.鈥�
Le cose per貌 non vanno esattamente come previsto. Nathan non rimane solo per molto; l鈥檌ncontro con il nipote che non vedeva da anni e tante avventure improbabili ben incastrate tra loro rendono l鈥檈sistenza di Nathan decisamente varia e tutt鈥檃ltro che monotona. Nathan decide inoltre di raccogliere in un 鈥淟ibro della follia umana鈥� (da qui il titolo) tutti gli avvenimenti e i comportamenti assurdi o divertenti che gli sono successi nel corso della sua esistenza.
La scrittura 猫 una presenza costante nel romanzo. I libri e la letteratura sono il passatempo preferito di Nathan, ma sono anche al centro della vita di molti dei personaggi del libro.
鈥淟eggere era per me evasione e conforto, era la mia consolazione, il mio stimolante preferito: leggere per il puro gusto della lettura, per il meraviglioso silenzio che ti circonda quando ascolti le parole di un autore riverberate dentro la tua testa.鈥�
Auster scrive con uno stile pacato storie semplici, scorrevoli, divertenti ma ricche di dettagli e di aneddoti, piene di riflessioni sulla vita, la morte e l鈥檃micizia.
鈥淒esidero parlare della felicit脿 e del benessere, di quei momenti rari e inaspettati in cui la voce dentro la tua testa tace e ti senti tutt鈥檜no con il mondo鈥�.
Ogni personaggio del libro pare essere in balia del caso; ma proprio quando la vita sembra non abbia pi霉 nulla da dare ecco che eventi inattesi rimettono tutto in gioco. Il romanzo 猫 un invito alla curiosit脿 e alla vitalit脿, probabilmente vuole ricordarci che nella vita c鈥櫭� posto per ognuno di noi.
鈥淟a tua pelle 猫 sempre la tua pelle e quando una persona che ti piace ti abbraccia, puoi sdilinquirti ancora esattamente come ti succedeva quando credevi che saresti vissuto per sempre鈥�.
Nathan, sessantenne in pensione con un tumore in via di guarigione decide di tornare a Brooklyn, citt脿 dove 猫 nato, lontano da tutte le persone che conosce, per morire.
鈥淨uando un uomo arriva alla nostra et脿 猫 poco pi霉 che una serie di ex.鈥�
Le cose per貌 non vanno esattamente come previsto. Nathan non rimane solo per molto; l鈥檌ncontro con il nipote che non vedeva da anni e tante avventure improbabili ben incastrate tra loro rendono l鈥檈sistenza di Nathan decisamente varia e tutt鈥檃ltro che monotona. Nathan decide inoltre di raccogliere in un 鈥淟ibro della follia umana鈥� (da qui il titolo) tutti gli avvenimenti e i comportamenti assurdi o divertenti che gli sono successi nel corso della sua esistenza.
La scrittura 猫 una presenza costante nel romanzo. I libri e la letteratura sono il passatempo preferito di Nathan, ma sono anche al centro della vita di molti dei personaggi del libro.
鈥淟eggere era per me evasione e conforto, era la mia consolazione, il mio stimolante preferito: leggere per il puro gusto della lettura, per il meraviglioso silenzio che ti circonda quando ascolti le parole di un autore riverberate dentro la tua testa.鈥�
Auster scrive con uno stile pacato storie semplici, scorrevoli, divertenti ma ricche di dettagli e di aneddoti, piene di riflessioni sulla vita, la morte e l鈥檃micizia.
鈥淒esidero parlare della felicit脿 e del benessere, di quei momenti rari e inaspettati in cui la voce dentro la tua testa tace e ti senti tutt鈥檜no con il mondo鈥�.
Ogni personaggio del libro pare essere in balia del caso; ma proprio quando la vita sembra non abbia pi霉 nulla da dare ecco che eventi inattesi rimettono tutto in gioco. Il romanzo 猫 un invito alla curiosit脿 e alla vitalit脿, probabilmente vuole ricordarci che nella vita c鈥櫭� posto per ognuno di noi.
鈥淟a tua pelle 猫 sempre la tua pelle e quando una persona che ti piace ti abbraccia, puoi sdilinquirti ancora esattamente come ti succedeva quando credevi che saresti vissuto per sempre鈥�.
October 2, 2017
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噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲貙 蹖讴蹖 噩乇蹖丕賳 丿賱噩賵蹖蹖 賳丕鬲丕賳 丕夭 丿禺鬲乇卮 亘賵丿貙 賲乇诏 賴乇蹖 賵 鬲賱丕卮鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 賳丕鬲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 夭賳诏 賲蹖鈥屫操嗁� 亘賴 丕賵賳 蹖丕乇賵 賵 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賲毓乇讴賴 亘蹖賳鈥屫促堎� 乇丿 賵 亘丿賱 賲蹖鈥屫促囏� 讴賲讴鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 亘賴 賱賵爻蹖 賵 乇賵乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 爻禺鬲蹖 讴賴 乇賵乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴. 丕賵賱 丌丿賲 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 趩賯丿乇 乇賵乇蹖 亘蹖鈥屬佢┴辟� 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇 讴賵趩蹖讴卮 乇賵 賵賱 讴乇丿賴. 丕賲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呟� 趩賴 爻禺鬲蹖鈥屬囏й屰� 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡屫� 賵 趩賴 卮賵賴乇 丕丨賲賯蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴貙 丿乇讴卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃�. 倬丕蹖丕賳 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿貙 賵丕賯毓丕賸 倬丕蹖丕賳 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿. 蹖賳蹖 丕诏賴 亘丕 噩乇蹖丕賳 亘爻鬲乇蹖 卮丿賳卮 鬲賲賵賲 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 賴賲 亘丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴丕賲賱 亘賵丿. 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 爻乇卮 夭丿 卮乇讴鬲蹖 亘夭賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 讴爻丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 诏賲賳丕賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬呟屫辟� 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賲蹖鈥屫促� 賵 蹖丕丿卮賵賳 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴丕卮賵賳 賳诏賴 丿丕乇賴貙 丕賵賳賲 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘 賵 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 讴鬲丕亘蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堌簇� 賴賲 诏匕丕卮鬲 讴賳丕乇... 禺蹖賱蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 亘賵丿. 賵賯鬲蹖 賳丕鬲丕賳 賲乇蹖囟 賲蹖鈥屫促� 賵 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 亘蹖賲丕乇爻鬲丕賳貙 賲賳賲 賳诏乇丕賳 卮丿賲. 亘毓丿 乇爻蹖丿賲 亘賴 丕賵賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屭� 賲賳 爻乇胤丕賳 乇賵 倬卮鬲 爻乇 賳匕丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 賵乇賲 賲乇蹖 讴丕乇賲賵 鬲賲賵賲 讴賳賴. 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿.
丿蹖賵丕賳诏蹖 丿乇 亘乇賵讴賱蹖賳 賵丕賯毓丕賸 丿蹖賵丕賳诏蹖 亘賵丿. 卮丕蹖丿 鬲丕 賳氐賮賴 丕賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 丨乇氐鈥屫堎� 丿乇丌丿 賵 賮讴乇 讴賳蹖賳 蹖賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬爻鬲鈥屬呚辟� 亘蹖鈥屫池辟堌囐�. 賵賱蹖 賴乇趩蹖 亘诏匕乇賴 賵 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丌卮賳丕 亘卮蹖賳貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 禺賵卮鬲賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫⒇�. 丕夭 賲丨賲丿毓賱蹖 毓夭蹖夭 賲賲賳賵賳賲 讴賴 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 爻丕賳爻賵乇賴丕 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿貙 丕蹖賳 丕夭 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖賴鈥屭┵� 亘乇丕賲 毓噩蹖亘 亘丕賯蹖 賲賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿. 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 丕蹖賳 賵爻胤 蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 賵 蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 亘丕 毓賯賱 噩賵乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫①�. 賲孬賱丕賸 丕賵賳 噩乇蹖丕賳 倬丿乇 亘丕亘 賵 乇賵乇蹖 乇賵 賮賴賲蹖丿賲貙 趩賵賳 诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴丕乇 夭卮鬲蹖 讴乇丿賴 賵 賱亘丕爻卮 賱讴賴 卮丿賴 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 亘卮 亘乇禺賵乇丿賴 賵 賮賱丕賳. 賵賱蹖 亘賯蹖賴 乇賵 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 賮賯胤 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 丕蹖賳 賵爻胤 丨匕賮 卮丿賳. 鬲乇噩賲賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀池� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賴鬲乇 亘丕卮賴. 蹖賴 噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 賵 蹖賴 噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 丌丿賲 诏蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 賳賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呟屫� 趩蹖 卮丿賴 蹖丕 亘丕 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 賯亘賱蹖卮 賴賲禺賵丕賳蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲.
丿乇 讴賱 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕夭 賵爻胤卮 賳馗乇賲賵 讴丕賲賱丕賸 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丿丕丿. 賳氐賮賴 丕賵賱 乇賵 禺賵賳丿賲 賵 賮賯胤 丿丕卮鬲賲 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 亘乇丕賲 賱匕鬲蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲貙 賵賱蹖 亘丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲毓乇讴賴 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 賵 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏ж� 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴賲 趩爻亘蹖丿. 賮賯胤 賳丕鬲丕賳 趩賯丿 賴蹖 毓丕卮賯 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. :/ 亘毓丿 倬乇乇賵 賲蹖鈥屭佖� 夭賳丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 鬲賳賴丕 亘賲賵賳賳 賵 鬲賳 亘賴 乇丕亘胤賴 賲蹖鈥屫�. 賳賴 讴賴 禺賵丿鬲 丕氐賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌й�! :/
+ 鬲丕賲 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 爻蹖乇蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 胤蹖 讴乇丿貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 賳馗乇賲賵 噩賱亘 讴乇丿. 賵 賴乇蹖! 賵丕蹖 丕夭 賴乇蹖! 賲乇丿 倬丿乇爻賵禺鬲賴鈥屫й� 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫必迟� 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬呟屫辟� 丕夭 賲乇诏卮 賲鬲兀孬乇 賲蹖鈥屫篡�. 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 馗丕賴乇卮 賳丕噩賵乇賴 賵賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲丨讴賲 賵 噩丕賱亘蹖賴.
噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲貙 蹖讴蹖 噩乇蹖丕賳 丿賱噩賵蹖蹖 賳丕鬲丕賳 丕夭 丿禺鬲乇卮 亘賵丿貙 賲乇诏 賴乇蹖 賵 鬲賱丕卮鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 賳丕鬲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 夭賳诏 賲蹖鈥屫操嗁� 亘賴 丕賵賳 蹖丕乇賵 賵 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賲毓乇讴賴 亘蹖賳鈥屫促堎� 乇丿 賵 亘丿賱 賲蹖鈥屫促囏� 讴賲讴鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 亘賴 賱賵爻蹖 賵 乇賵乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 爻禺鬲蹖 讴賴 乇賵乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴. 丕賵賱 丌丿賲 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 趩賯丿乇 乇賵乇蹖 亘蹖鈥屬佢┴辟� 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇 讴賵趩蹖讴卮 乇賵 賵賱 讴乇丿賴. 丕賲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呟� 趩賴 爻禺鬲蹖鈥屬囏й屰� 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡屫� 賵 趩賴 卮賵賴乇 丕丨賲賯蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴貙 丿乇讴卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃�. 倬丕蹖丕賳 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿貙 賵丕賯毓丕賸 倬丕蹖丕賳 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿. 蹖賳蹖 丕诏賴 亘丕 噩乇蹖丕賳 亘爻鬲乇蹖 卮丿賳卮 鬲賲賵賲 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 賴賲 亘丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴丕賲賱 亘賵丿. 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 爻乇卮 夭丿 卮乇讴鬲蹖 亘夭賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 讴爻丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 诏賲賳丕賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬呟屫辟� 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賲蹖鈥屫促� 賵 蹖丕丿卮賵賳 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴丕卮賵賳 賳诏賴 丿丕乇賴貙 丕賵賳賲 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘 賵 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 讴鬲丕亘蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堌簇� 賴賲 诏匕丕卮鬲 讴賳丕乇... 禺蹖賱蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 亘賵丿. 賵賯鬲蹖 賳丕鬲丕賳 賲乇蹖囟 賲蹖鈥屫促� 賵 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 亘蹖賲丕乇爻鬲丕賳貙 賲賳賲 賳诏乇丕賳 卮丿賲. 亘毓丿 乇爻蹖丿賲 亘賴 丕賵賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屭� 賲賳 爻乇胤丕賳 乇賵 倬卮鬲 爻乇 賳匕丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 賵乇賲 賲乇蹖 讴丕乇賲賵 鬲賲賵賲 讴賳賴. 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿.
丿蹖賵丕賳诏蹖 丿乇 亘乇賵讴賱蹖賳 賵丕賯毓丕賸 丿蹖賵丕賳诏蹖 亘賵丿. 卮丕蹖丿 鬲丕 賳氐賮賴 丕賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 丨乇氐鈥屫堎� 丿乇丌丿 賵 賮讴乇 讴賳蹖賳 蹖賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬爻鬲鈥屬呚辟� 亘蹖鈥屫池辟堌囐�. 賵賱蹖 賴乇趩蹖 亘诏匕乇賴 賵 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丌卮賳丕 亘卮蹖賳貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 禺賵卮鬲賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫⒇�. 丕夭 賲丨賲丿毓賱蹖 毓夭蹖夭 賲賲賳賵賳賲 讴賴 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 爻丕賳爻賵乇賴丕 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿貙 丕蹖賳 丕夭 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖賴鈥屭┵� 亘乇丕賲 毓噩蹖亘 亘丕賯蹖 賲賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿. 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 丕蹖賳 賵爻胤 蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 賵 蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 亘丕 毓賯賱 噩賵乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫①�. 賲孬賱丕賸 丕賵賳 噩乇蹖丕賳 倬丿乇 亘丕亘 賵 乇賵乇蹖 乇賵 賮賴賲蹖丿賲貙 趩賵賳 诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴丕乇 夭卮鬲蹖 讴乇丿賴 賵 賱亘丕爻卮 賱讴賴 卮丿賴 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 亘卮 亘乇禺賵乇丿賴 賵 賮賱丕賳. 賵賱蹖 亘賯蹖賴 乇賵 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 賮賯胤 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 丕蹖賳 賵爻胤 丨匕賮 卮丿賳. 鬲乇噩賲賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀池� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賴鬲乇 亘丕卮賴. 蹖賴 噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 賵 蹖賴 噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 丌丿賲 诏蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 賳賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呟屫� 趩蹖 卮丿賴 蹖丕 亘丕 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 賯亘賱蹖卮 賴賲禺賵丕賳蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲.
丿乇 讴賱 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕夭 賵爻胤卮 賳馗乇賲賵 讴丕賲賱丕賸 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丿丕丿. 賳氐賮賴 丕賵賱 乇賵 禺賵賳丿賲 賵 賮賯胤 丿丕卮鬲賲 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 亘乇丕賲 賱匕鬲蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲貙 賵賱蹖 亘丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲毓乇讴賴 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 賵 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏ж� 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴賲 趩爻亘蹖丿. 賮賯胤 賳丕鬲丕賳 趩賯丿 賴蹖 毓丕卮賯 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. :/ 亘毓丿 倬乇乇賵 賲蹖鈥屭佖� 夭賳丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 鬲賳賴丕 亘賲賵賳賳 賵 鬲賳 亘賴 乇丕亘胤賴 賲蹖鈥屫�. 賳賴 讴賴 禺賵丿鬲 丕氐賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌й�! :/
+ 鬲丕賲 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 爻蹖乇蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 胤蹖 讴乇丿貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 賳馗乇賲賵 噩賱亘 讴乇丿. 賵 賴乇蹖! 賵丕蹖 丕夭 賴乇蹖! 賲乇丿 倬丿乇爻賵禺鬲賴鈥屫й� 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫必迟� 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬呟屫辟� 丕夭 賲乇诏卮 賲鬲兀孬乇 賲蹖鈥屫篡�. 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 馗丕賴乇卮 賳丕噩賵乇賴 賵賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲丨讴賲 賵 噩丕賱亘蹖賴.
December 11, 2017
賱丕 鬲鬲賲丕丿賷 賷丕 噩賵賷爻貙 丨丕賵賱賷 兀賳 鬲噩丕乇賷. 丕亘賯賷 乇兀爻賰 賲乇賮賵毓丕賸. 賱丕 鬲賯亘賱賷 丕賱夭賷賮. 氐賵鬲賷 亘丿賷賲賵賯乇丕胤賷丞 賰賱賲丕 丕賳鬲禺亘鬲賽. 丕賲鬲胤賷 丿乇丕噩鬲賰 賮賷 丕賱丨丿賷賯丞 丕賱毓乇賲丞. 丕丨賱賲賷 亘噩爻丿 賲孬丕賱賷. 鬲賳丕賵賱賷 賮賷鬲丕賲賷賳丕鬲賰. 丕卮乇亘賷 孬賲丕賳賷丞 賰丐賵爻 賲賳 丕賱賲丕亍 賷賵賲賷丕賸. 卮噩毓賷 賮乇賷賯 丕賱賲賷鬲夭. 卮丕賴丿賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱兀賮賱丕賲 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丞. 賱丕 鬲乇賴賯賷 賳賮爻賰 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱. 賯賵賲賷 亘乇丨賱丞 賲毓賷 廿賱賶 亘丕乇賷爻. 賳馗賮賷 兀爻賳丕賳賰 亘丕賱賮乇卮丕丞 亘毓丿 賰賱 賵噩亘丞. 賱丕 鬲噩鬲丕夭賷 丕賱卮丕乇毓 賵 丕賱廿卮丕乇丞 丕賱丨賲乇丕亍 賲囟丕亍丞. 丿丕賮毓賷 毓賳 丕賱囟毓賷賮. 賵 丿丕賮毓賷 毓賳 賳賮爻賰. 鬲匕賰乇賷 賰賲 兀賳鬲賽 噩賲賷賱丞. 鬲匕賰乇賷 賰賲 兀丨亘賰. 丕卮乇亘賷 賰兀爻丕 賲賳 丕賱乇賷爻賰賷 賲毓 賯胤毓 丕賱孬賱噩 賷賵賲賷丕賸. 鬲賳賮爻賷 亘毓賲賯. 兀亘賯賷 毓賷賳賷賰 賲賮鬲賵丨鬲賷賳. 鬲噩賳亘賷 丕賱兀胤毓賲丞 丕賱丿爻賲丞. 賳丕賲賷 賳賵賲 丕賱賲賳氐賮賷賳. 鬲匕賰乇賷 賰賲 兀丨亘賰.
November 29, 2021
3.5 stelle.
Leggere Paul Auster per me 猫 un porto sicuro, anche in questo caso, malgrado le tante forzature della trama e un po鈥� di noia di gi脿 visto e sentito qua e l脿. Il risultato di questa commedia umana dallo stile brillante e sicuro, 猫 simile, per le sensazioni che d脿, a quei film che si guardano da anni in periodo natalizio, che danno conforto perch茅 se ne conoscono gi脿 gli sviluppi e che il finale sar脿 lieto per tutti. Ma non troppo.
Leggere Paul Auster per me 猫 un porto sicuro, anche in questo caso, malgrado le tante forzature della trama e un po鈥� di noia di gi脿 visto e sentito qua e l脿. Il risultato di questa commedia umana dallo stile brillante e sicuro, 猫 simile, per le sensazioni che d脿, a quei film che si guardano da anni in periodo natalizio, che danno conforto perch茅 se ne conoscono gi脿 gli sviluppi e che il finale sar脿 lieto per tutti. Ma non troppo.
November 14, 2020
"賷賳亘睾賷 毓丿賲 丕賱丕爻鬲禺賮丕賮 兀亘丿丕賸 亘賯賵丞 丕賱賰鬲亘."
乇賵丕賷丞 兀禺乇賶 賷購亘賴乇賳賷 賮賷賴丕 亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷.
鬲丨賰賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 乇噩賱 賲鬲賯丕毓丿 賮賷 丕賱爻鬲賷賳 賲賳 毓賲乇賴貙 賳丕孬丕賳 睾賱丕爻貙 賲乇 亘鬲噩乇亘丞 夭賵丕噩 賮丕卮賱丞 賵丕亘賳丞 賱丕 鬲乇賷丿 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 賲毓賴. 賵丨賷賳 賷鬲賯丕毓丿 賲賳 毓賲賱賴 賮賷 卮乇賰丞 賱賱鬲兀賲賷賳貙 賷馗賳 亘兀賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 爻鬲賳鬲賴賷 禺氐賵氐丕賸 賵兀賳賴 賰丕賳 賷毓丕賳賷 賲賳 爻乇胤丕賳 賮賷 丕賱乇卅丞. 賱賰賳 賲丕 賷丨丿孬 賱賳丕孬丕賳 睾賱丕爻 兀亘毓丿 賲丕 賷賰賵賳 毓賳 鈥撠з勜勝堌� 丕賳鬲馗丕乇丕賸 賱賱賲賵鬲-貙 賮賷賯乇乇 兀賳 賷賰鬲亘 賰鬲丕亘丕賸 毓賳 丕賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞貙 賵賷賲乇 亘丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾賷賾乇 賲爻賷乇 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵鬲囟毓賴 賮賷 賲賵丕賯賮 毓噩賷亘丞貙 賵賷鬲毓乇賾賮 毓賱賶 兀卮禺丕氐 賲孬賷乇賷賳 賱賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲貙 兀卮禺丕氐 賲賳 毓丕卅賱鬲賴 賵丌禺乇賷賳 睾乇亘丕亍 鬲噩賲毓賴賲 亘賴 丿乇賵亘 丕賱丨賷丕丞.
亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 毓亘賯乇賷 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿貙 賮賴賵 賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳賳丿賲噩 亘兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 兀賵賱 爻胤乇 賮賷賴丕 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞貙 賳毓賷卮 賲毓 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 賵賳鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓賴賲. 賵賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賴匕賴 賷氐賵賾乇 賱賳丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞 賮賷 賲丿賷賳丞 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 賵鬲丨丿賷丿丕賸 賮賷 亘乇賵賰賱賷賳貙 賵兀賵囟丕毓 丕賱賳丕爻 賵丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵丕賱兀丨賵丕賱 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 賱賱亘賱丕丿貙 賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱賯氐丞 亘丨丕丿孬丞 丕賳賮噩丕乇 亘乇噩 丕賱鬲噩丕乇丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 毓丕賲 2001.
乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 亘賰賱 鬲兀賰賷丿.
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May 1, 2024
"賷賳亘睾賷 毓丿賲 丕賱丕爻鬲禺賮丕賮 兀亘丿丕賸 亘賯賵丞 丕賱賰鬲亘 ."
乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿丕賷鬲賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲賲賱丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丕賱賷 賵賮賰乇鬲 丕爻賷亘賴丕 賱賰賳 亘毓丿 賰丕賲 氐賮丨丞 賯丿乇 亘賵賱 丕賵爻鬲乇 賷爻丨亘賳賷 噩賵賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賷丿賲噩賳賷 賮賷賴丕.听
"賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賲胤丕賮貙 賰賱賳丕 爻賳賲賵鬲貙听 賵毓賳丿賲丕 鬲購丨賲賱 噩孬孬賳丕 賵鬲丿賮賳 賮賷 丕賱兀乇囟貙听 賱賳 賷毓乇賮 亘乇丨賷賱賳丕 丕賱丕 丕氐丿賯丕丐賳丕 賵兀爻乇賳丕. 賱賳 賷購毓賱賳 毓賳 賲賵鬲賳丕 賮賷 丕賱廿匕丕毓丞 賵丕賱鬲賱賮夭賷賵賳. 賱賳 賷購賳卮乇 賳毓賷賷賳丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 鬲丕賷賲夭. 賱賳 鬲丐賱賮 賰鬲亘 毓賳丕.听 賮賴匕丕 卮乇賮 賱匕賵賶 丕賱爻賱胤丕賳 賵丕賱卮賴乇丞貙听 賱匕賵賷 丕賱賲賵丕賴亘 丕賱禺丕乇賯丞貙 賵賱賰賳 賲賳 爻賷夭毓噩 賳賮爻賴 亘賳卮乇 爻賷乇丞 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱毓丕丿賷賷賳 貙 丕賱賲睾賲賵乇賷賷賳 貙 丕賱賰丕丿丨賷賳貙听 丕賱匕賷賳 賳賲乇 亘賴賲 賮賷 丕賱卮丕乇毓 賵賳賰丕丿 賱丕 賳賱丕丨馗听 賵噩賵丿賴賲責
賲賲賰賳 賳賯賵賱 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷 毓賳 賲孬丕賱 賱賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丿賷貙听 毓賳 丨賷丕丞 廿賳爻丕賳貙听 毓賳 亘卮乇 毓丕丿賷賷賳 貙听 亘賲卮丕賰賱賴賲 貙亘賲卮丕毓乇賴賲 貙亘賲禺丕賵賮賴賲 貙 亘毓賱丕賯丕鬲賴賲 . 亘爻 賲鬲賯丿賲丞 賵賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 丨賱賵.听
丕賯丿乇 丕賯賵賱 丕賳听 亘賵賱 丕賵爻鬲乇 丨賰丕亍 乇丕卅毓 .
賵丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 乇丨賱丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賵禺賮賷賮丞 .
佗伽 / 佟贍 / 佗贍佗伲听
乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿丕賷鬲賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲賲賱丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丕賱賷 賵賮賰乇鬲 丕爻賷亘賴丕 賱賰賳 亘毓丿 賰丕賲 氐賮丨丞 賯丿乇 亘賵賱 丕賵爻鬲乇 賷爻丨亘賳賷 噩賵賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賷丿賲噩賳賷 賮賷賴丕.听
"賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賲胤丕賮貙 賰賱賳丕 爻賳賲賵鬲貙听 賵毓賳丿賲丕 鬲購丨賲賱 噩孬孬賳丕 賵鬲丿賮賳 賮賷 丕賱兀乇囟貙听 賱賳 賷毓乇賮 亘乇丨賷賱賳丕 丕賱丕 丕氐丿賯丕丐賳丕 賵兀爻乇賳丕. 賱賳 賷購毓賱賳 毓賳 賲賵鬲賳丕 賮賷 丕賱廿匕丕毓丞 賵丕賱鬲賱賮夭賷賵賳. 賱賳 賷購賳卮乇 賳毓賷賷賳丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 鬲丕賷賲夭. 賱賳 鬲丐賱賮 賰鬲亘 毓賳丕.听 賮賴匕丕 卮乇賮 賱匕賵賶 丕賱爻賱胤丕賳 賵丕賱卮賴乇丞貙听 賱匕賵賷 丕賱賲賵丕賴亘 丕賱禺丕乇賯丞貙 賵賱賰賳 賲賳 爻賷夭毓噩 賳賮爻賴 亘賳卮乇 爻賷乇丞 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱毓丕丿賷賷賳 貙 丕賱賲睾賲賵乇賷賷賳 貙 丕賱賰丕丿丨賷賳貙听 丕賱匕賷賳 賳賲乇 亘賴賲 賮賷 丕賱卮丕乇毓 賵賳賰丕丿 賱丕 賳賱丕丨馗听 賵噩賵丿賴賲責
賲賲賰賳 賳賯賵賱 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷 毓賳 賲孬丕賱 賱賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丿賷貙听 毓賳 丨賷丕丞 廿賳爻丕賳貙听 毓賳 亘卮乇 毓丕丿賷賷賳 貙听 亘賲卮丕賰賱賴賲 貙亘賲卮丕毓乇賴賲 貙亘賲禺丕賵賮賴賲 貙 亘毓賱丕賯丕鬲賴賲 . 亘爻 賲鬲賯丿賲丞 賵賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 丨賱賵.听
丕賯丿乇 丕賯賵賱 丕賳听 亘賵賱 丕賵爻鬲乇 丨賰丕亍 乇丕卅毓 .
賵丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 乇丨賱丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賵禺賮賷賮丞 .
佗伽 / 佟贍 / 佗贍佗伲听
September 25, 2021
CRITIQUE:
The Home of Human Folly
This is another one of Paul Auster's high concept novels.
The narrator, 59 year old Nathan Glass, is a retired insurance salesman. Not long after separating from his wife of 33 years, he discovered that he had lung cancer (even though it's now in remission, "I had given myself up for dead"). At the beginning of the novel, he has moved back to Brooklyn (where he was born and spent only three years with his parents) from Westchester County, "looking for a quiet place to die." He craved "a silent end to [his] sad and ridiculous life."
His married 29 year old daughter, Rachel, suggests that "I needed to get involved in something, to invent a project for myself." He offends her when he responds "I couldn't give a flying fuck about projects." He no longer values or feels there is any purpose to (his) life.
Nevertheless, he stumbles upon a project, "the little hobbyhorse I'd been looking for to carry me away from the indolence of my soporific routine", which he labels "The Book of Human Folly".
He is "planning to set down in the simplest, clearest language possible an account of every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I had committed during my long and checkered career as a man."
He plans to tell stories about himself, about the people he knew, historical events, and the follies of "my fellow human beings down through the ages":
This is Auster's high concept, and more or less describes the book that we read, except to the extent that it becomes Auster's novel, in the telling.
June and Tom and Rory and Lucy and Marina and Nancy and Joyce
When it comes to documenting human folly, Nathan finds that the most productive place to look is close to home.
So, he starts with his sister June's son, Tom, a former postgraduate literature student, who seems to have more in common with Auster than Nathan does, and therefore constitutes the "Hero". Aurora/Rory's daughter, Lucy, could equally be a Hero, to the extent that she's not just a Heroine.
Nathan finds himself in an extended family that consists of "three generations of girls, with Joyce at the top, Nancy and Aurora in the middle, and the ten-year old Lucy...at the bottom":
Paul Auster in his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn
I'm Harry Brightman (the "Flamboyant Homosexual")
The numerous interactions between these characters (and others) are best left to you to read for yourself.
However, it's worth mentioning a used bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn called Brightman's Attic. It's owned by a "flamboyant homosexual" called Harry Brightman, and in many ways he's both Anti-hero and Hero.
Tom, Rufus and Tina
Nathan soon encounters the bookstore when he first moves to Brooklyn. Several months later, he is surprised to find his nephew, Tom, working there. Later, he meets the other assistant, Rufus, a tall, light-skinned Jamaican, who is also one of the best drag queens in the city: "He works on the weekends under the name of Tina Hott."
By book end, Nathan witnesses a performance by Tina:
Fake Art, Let's Dance
Harry Brightman is also a larger than life character. It turns out his real name is Harry Dunkel (which is German for dark, the opposite of light or bright). In his previous (darker) life, he was an art dealer who was convicted and sentenced to prison for master-minding the forgery and sale of over twenty paintings by a deceased artist represented by his gallery. When Harry's original accomplice finds him in Brooklyn, it turns out he hasn't got counterfeiting totally out of his system. They intend to forge and sell the lost manuscript of Nathaniel Hawthorne's
This part of the novel seems to allude to William Gaddis' "The Recognitions". Gaddis is certainly present in the novel. In his second floor office, Harry stores first editions and rare copies of works "ranging from the quite old (Dickens and Thackeray) to the relatively new (Faulkner and Gaddis)." Perhaps, this is a tongue-in-cheek piece of post-modern intertextuality? (Later on, in the same vein, Nathan observes Tom reading a play by Don DeLillo.)
Ensemble Performance
What I enjoyed most about the novel was the manner in which, no sooner is this cast of characters assembled (around Nathan, Tom and Harry), than they seem to start an ensemble performance, almost of their own accord.
The last chapters celebrate the invention, diversity, persistence, resilience and survival of these characters and neighbourhoods, despite their intrinsic mortality. Nathan regains his love of life.
First published in 2005, the novel becomes a tribute to New York and Brooklyn, in particular, in a time of post-9/11 distress. It's far from sad and ridiculous. It's both light and light-hearted, if not exactly farcical. I'm fortunate to have read it soon after watching Spike Lee's documentary on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Celebrate the spirit!
SOUNDTRACK [CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT]:
The Home of Human Folly
This is another one of Paul Auster's high concept novels.
The narrator, 59 year old Nathan Glass, is a retired insurance salesman. Not long after separating from his wife of 33 years, he discovered that he had lung cancer (even though it's now in remission, "I had given myself up for dead"). At the beginning of the novel, he has moved back to Brooklyn (where he was born and spent only three years with his parents) from Westchester County, "looking for a quiet place to die." He craved "a silent end to [his] sad and ridiculous life."
His married 29 year old daughter, Rachel, suggests that "I needed to get involved in something, to invent a project for myself." He offends her when he responds "I couldn't give a flying fuck about projects." He no longer values or feels there is any purpose to (his) life.
Nevertheless, he stumbles upon a project, "the little hobbyhorse I'd been looking for to carry me away from the indolence of my soporific routine", which he labels "The Book of Human Folly".
He is "planning to set down in the simplest, clearest language possible an account of every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I had committed during my long and checkered career as a man."
He plans to tell stories about himself, about the people he knew, historical events, and the follies of "my fellow human beings down through the ages":
"The tone would be light and farcical throughout, and my only purpose was to keep myself entertained while using up as many hours of the day as I could."
This is Auster's high concept, and more or less describes the book that we read, except to the extent that it becomes Auster's novel, in the telling.
June and Tom and Rory and Lucy and Marina and Nancy and Joyce
When it comes to documenting human folly, Nathan finds that the most productive place to look is close to home.
So, he starts with his sister June's son, Tom, a former postgraduate literature student, who seems to have more in common with Auster than Nathan does, and therefore constitutes the "Hero". Aurora/Rory's daughter, Lucy, could equally be a Hero, to the extent that she's not just a Heroine.
Nathan finds himself in an extended family that consists of "three generations of girls, with Joyce at the top, Nancy and Aurora in the middle, and the ten-year old Lucy...at the bottom":
"The interior of the brownstone was a living museum of female artifacts...To go there was like visiting a foreign country..."
Paul Auster in his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn
I'm Harry Brightman (the "Flamboyant Homosexual")
The numerous interactions between these characters (and others) are best left to you to read for yourself.
However, it's worth mentioning a used bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn called Brightman's Attic. It's owned by a "flamboyant homosexual" called Harry Brightman, and in many ways he's both Anti-hero and Hero.
Tom, Rufus and Tina
Nathan soon encounters the bookstore when he first moves to Brooklyn. Several months later, he is surprised to find his nephew, Tom, working there. Later, he meets the other assistant, Rufus, a tall, light-skinned Jamaican, who is also one of the best drag queens in the city: "He works on the weekends under the name of Tina Hott."
By book end, Nathan witnesses a performance by Tina:
"Tina Hott performed...not as a singer, but as a faux-singer, mouthing the words of show tunes and jazz standards as sung by legendary female vocalists [including Lena Horne]. It was magnificent and absurd. It was funny and heartbreaking. It was moving and comical. It was everything it was and everything it wasn't.
"And there was Tina, gesturing with her arms as she pretended to belt out the words of the song. Her face was all tendermess and love. Her eyes were met with tears, and we all stood there transfixed, not knowing whether to cry with her or to laugh. As far as I'm concerned, it was one of the strangest, most transcendent moments of my life."
Fake Art, Let's Dance
Harry Brightman is also a larger than life character. It turns out his real name is Harry Dunkel (which is German for dark, the opposite of light or bright). In his previous (darker) life, he was an art dealer who was convicted and sentenced to prison for master-minding the forgery and sale of over twenty paintings by a deceased artist represented by his gallery. When Harry's original accomplice finds him in Brooklyn, it turns out he hasn't got counterfeiting totally out of his system. They intend to forge and sell the lost manuscript of Nathaniel Hawthorne's
This part of the novel seems to allude to William Gaddis' "The Recognitions". Gaddis is certainly present in the novel. In his second floor office, Harry stores first editions and rare copies of works "ranging from the quite old (Dickens and Thackeray) to the relatively new (Faulkner and Gaddis)." Perhaps, this is a tongue-in-cheek piece of post-modern intertextuality? (Later on, in the same vein, Nathan observes Tom reading a play by Don DeLillo.)
Ensemble Performance
What I enjoyed most about the novel was the manner in which, no sooner is this cast of characters assembled (around Nathan, Tom and Harry), than they seem to start an ensemble performance, almost of their own accord.
The last chapters celebrate the invention, diversity, persistence, resilience and survival of these characters and neighbourhoods, despite their intrinsic mortality. Nathan regains his love of life.
First published in 2005, the novel becomes a tribute to New York and Brooklyn, in particular, in a time of post-9/11 distress. It's far from sad and ridiculous. It's both light and light-hearted, if not exactly farcical. I'm fortunate to have read it soon after watching Spike Lee's documentary on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Celebrate the spirit!
SOUNDTRACK [CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT]:
June 23, 2017
亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 賯丿乇貙 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷貙 賷氐賳毓 賲賳 賲噩賲賵毓丞 兀丨丿丕孬 禺丕賱賷丞 賲賳 丕賱鬲卮賵賷賯 賵賱丕 鬲賲孬賱 兀賶 兀賴賲賷丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿賱賶 乇賵丕賷丞 毓馗賷賲丞 鬲賯乇兀賴丕 賲賳 兀賵賱賴丕 賱丌禺乇賴丕 亘丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 卮丿賷丿.
乇噩賱 毓噩賵夭 亘賱丕 廿賳噩丕夭丕鬲 賷賰鬲卮賮 賳賮爻賴 賵賷噩丿 賱匕丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱毓賲乇 賵賷毓賷丿 廿丨賷丕亍 卮丕亘 鬲乇賰 賮乇氐丞 丕賱賳噩丕丨 賵丕賱兀丨賱丕賲 賵乇丕亍賴.
乇噩賱 毓噩賵夭 亘賱丕 廿賳噩丕夭丕鬲 賷賰鬲卮賮 賳賮爻賴 賵賷噩丿 賱匕丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱毓賲乇 賵賷毓賷丿 廿丨賷丕亍 卮丕亘 鬲乇賰 賮乇氐丞 丕賱賳噩丕丨 賵丕賱兀丨賱丕賲 賵乇丕亍賴.
February 18, 2019
Le piccole e le grandi follie di ogni giorno
Nathan fa ritorno a Brooklyn,dopo molti anni, cercando un posto tranquillo in cui morire
e invece...
l矛 ,inaspettatamente,trover脿 un buon posto in cui ricominciare a vivere.
Tanti accadimenti si susseguiranno,velocemente,a trasformare la solitaria e stanca esistenza
di "zio Nat"
Innanzitutto l'incontro inatteso con suo nipote Tom,che si trova a lavorare proprio nella libreria del quartiere, poi quello con l'eccentrico e sagace Harry (il loro ritrovato legame di stima ed affetto ha effetti positivi per entrambi)e poi l'improvviso e misterioso arrivo della piccola e taciturna Lucy,figlia della sorella di Tom- Rory- che non si sa bene che fine abbia fatto.
(la ribelle e un po'squinternata Rory, ex-pornostar,ex cantante blues,ex-drogata e cristiana rinata )
Infine il viaggio, tutti insieme verso nord,su una Oldsmobile Cutlass verde lime,la deviazione (emenomale!) ,l'astuto sabotaggio con la coca-cola , la conoscenza di un'energica maestra,dalle idee molto chiare,Honey [etc etc.. NO Spoiler!]
E cos矛,a poco a poco,c'猫 una riscoperta dell'amore per la vita ,attraverso le piccole e grandi follie di ogni giorno
ps:ben caratterizzati anche i personaggi minori,come la procace cameriera Marina,con un energumeno per marito,
Rufus ,l'esile ragazzo giamaicano commesso in libreria e di sera drag-queen,o la BPM,bellissima e perfetta madre,la dolce creatrice di gioielli
pps:molto suggestiva la Storia della bambola di Kafka
3/4 stelline
Nathan fa ritorno a Brooklyn,dopo molti anni, cercando un posto tranquillo in cui morire
e invece...
l矛 ,inaspettatamente,trover脿 un buon posto in cui ricominciare a vivere.
Tanti accadimenti si susseguiranno,velocemente,a trasformare la solitaria e stanca esistenza
di "zio Nat"
Innanzitutto l'incontro inatteso con suo nipote Tom,che si trova a lavorare proprio nella libreria del quartiere, poi quello con l'eccentrico e sagace Harry (il loro ritrovato legame di stima ed affetto ha effetti positivi per entrambi)e poi l'improvviso e misterioso arrivo della piccola e taciturna Lucy,figlia della sorella di Tom- Rory- che non si sa bene che fine abbia fatto.
(la ribelle e un po'squinternata Rory, ex-pornostar,ex cantante blues,ex-drogata e cristiana rinata )
Infine il viaggio, tutti insieme verso nord,su una Oldsmobile Cutlass verde lime,la deviazione (emenomale!) ,l'astuto sabotaggio con la coca-cola , la conoscenza di un'energica maestra,dalle idee molto chiare,Honey [etc etc.. NO Spoiler!]
E cos矛,a poco a poco,c'猫 una riscoperta dell'amore per la vita ,attraverso le piccole e grandi follie di ogni giorno
ps:ben caratterizzati anche i personaggi minori,come la procace cameriera Marina,con un energumeno per marito,
Rufus ,l'esile ragazzo giamaicano commesso in libreria e di sera drag-queen,o la BPM,bellissima e perfetta madre,la dolce creatrice di gioielli
pps:molto suggestiva la Storia della bambola di Kafka
3/4 stelline
September 12, 2011
This was one lousy book. Now I've never read this guy before but this book had all the ingredients of good story.Here:
The narrator starts off miserable- which is great.
He's neurotic - which is also great.
His family is dysfunctional- which is marvelous.
His ex wife hates him.Wonderful.
He hates her.
Wonderful again.
And here he is in Brooklyn- Perfect. We're cooking.
So what went wrong?
Everything.
The book just sunk from there.
In fact if it hadn't been for those ingredients I would've stopped reading after the first 3 pages.As it was I was fascinated as to why this was such a lousy book.
And boy- was it lousy..
I think the problem was the narrator was a deadly bore, the characters were useless and the plot was about as believable as a 3 dollar bill.
One of the reviews here said that the author was writing for his editors- in other words- FOR THE MONEY.
There ain't nothing wrong with that. Some of my best friends...
It's just that maybe he should've added some life to the mix-
something believable.
As it was this book was just so bland, and glib and waste of time.
Kind of like trying to swim in a vat of pea soup. Thick,thick and no taste at all.
Dull, self important, and one more time- just plain dull.
Don't read it.
JM
The narrator starts off miserable- which is great.
He's neurotic - which is also great.
His family is dysfunctional- which is marvelous.
His ex wife hates him.Wonderful.
He hates her.
Wonderful again.
And here he is in Brooklyn- Perfect. We're cooking.
So what went wrong?
Everything.
The book just sunk from there.
In fact if it hadn't been for those ingredients I would've stopped reading after the first 3 pages.As it was I was fascinated as to why this was such a lousy book.
And boy- was it lousy..
I think the problem was the narrator was a deadly bore, the characters were useless and the plot was about as believable as a 3 dollar bill.
One of the reviews here said that the author was writing for his editors- in other words- FOR THE MONEY.
There ain't nothing wrong with that. Some of my best friends...
It's just that maybe he should've added some life to the mix-
something believable.
As it was this book was just so bland, and glib and waste of time.
Kind of like trying to swim in a vat of pea soup. Thick,thick and no taste at all.
Dull, self important, and one more time- just plain dull.
Don't read it.
JM
February 15, 2021
"Tra啪io sam savr拧eno mesto za umiranje," ne zvu膷i preterano optimisti膷no kao prva re膷enica romana, ali 59-godi拧nji Nejtan Glas od tog trenutka potpune 啪ivotne kapitulacije, na slede膰ih 250 strana bitno menja svoju pri膷u.
Ovo je roman o Bruklinu i ulasku u "drugu polovinu oktobra svog 啪ivota, jednom od onih vedrih jesenjih dana, s jasnim plavim nebom i naletima o拧trog vetra, kada na granama jo拧 ima mnogo li拧膰a - uglavnom po啪utelog, ali sa dovoljno zlatne, crvene i oker, da po啪eli拧 da 拧to du啪e ostane拧 napolju."
Nema ovde ni膷eg specijalnog, pri膷a je prili膷no direktna i svakodnevna, ali je Ostera u啪ivanje 膷itati. Nekoliko 啪ivotnih sudbina ispri膷anih na simpati膷an na膷in. Post-modernizam? Mogu膰e, ali i staro dobro pripovedni拧tvo istovremeno.
Prebacio je 70, da li Oster jo拧 ima neki roman u sebi?
Ovo je roman o Bruklinu i ulasku u "drugu polovinu oktobra svog 啪ivota, jednom od onih vedrih jesenjih dana, s jasnim plavim nebom i naletima o拧trog vetra, kada na granama jo拧 ima mnogo li拧膰a - uglavnom po啪utelog, ali sa dovoljno zlatne, crvene i oker, da po啪eli拧 da 拧to du啪e ostane拧 napolju."
Nema ovde ni膷eg specijalnog, pri膷a je prili膷no direktna i svakodnevna, ali je Ostera u啪ivanje 膷itati. Nekoliko 啪ivotnih sudbina ispri膷anih na simpati膷an na膷in. Post-modernizam? Mogu膰e, ali i staro dobro pripovedni拧tvo istovremeno.
Prebacio je 70, da li Oster jo拧 ima neki roman u sebi?
November 3, 2018
H谩 j谩 algum tempo que n茫o lia um livro de tamanho m茅dio como este (aproximadamente 300 p谩ginas) em t茫o pouco tempo. E tamb茅m h谩 j谩 algum tempo que n茫o lia nada de Paul Auster, um autor cujos livros ora me encantam (O Caderno Vermelho, A M煤sica do Acaso, Timbuktu), ora me desapontam (Triologia de Nova Iorque, Da m茫o para a boca, Viagens no Scriptorium).
Felizmente, este pertence ao grupo dos que me encantaram: a prosa simples mas fluida, o cruzar de hist贸rias do quotidiano, pontuadas por pormenores bizarros, mas veros铆meis, as coincid锚ncias e a sempre presente fixa莽茫o com o acaso, organizaram-se numa hist贸ria com princ铆pio, meio e fim (como eu gosto). As reflex玫es filos贸ficas acerca da brevidade e do sentido (ou n茫o) da vida, e as in煤meras refer锚ncias 脿 literatura tornaram tudo mais interessante.
Felizmente, este pertence ao grupo dos que me encantaram: a prosa simples mas fluida, o cruzar de hist贸rias do quotidiano, pontuadas por pormenores bizarros, mas veros铆meis, as coincid锚ncias e a sempre presente fixa莽茫o com o acaso, organizaram-se numa hist贸ria com princ铆pio, meio e fim (como eu gosto). As reflex玫es filos贸ficas acerca da brevidade e do sentido (ou n茫o) da vida, e as in煤meras refer锚ncias 脿 literatura tornaram tudo mais interessante.
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