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The Brooklyn Follies
by Paul Auster
3 and 1/2 stars
While I enjoyed this while reading it, I'm not sure that it will be one that sticks with me.
It employs a few of the acknowledged Auster traits (coincidences, locked room, stories-within-the-story) but this time they're done in a much more straightforward, though subtle, manner.
The narrative voice is engaging, though I have to wonder how Nathan went from being a supposedly uninvolved curmudgeon with nothing to live for (unless he's exaggerating) to an active retiree in such a short period of time. Perhaps Auster's point is that moving back to such a place as Brooklyn can do that to one. And, in many ways, this book is a love letter to Brooklyn, where Auster lives.
Without giving anything away, I can't say what it is that ratchets up the tension (another Auster trait) from the beginning and leads to a good ending.
While I enjoyed this while reading it, I'm not sure that it will be one that sticks with me.
It employs a few of the acknowledged Auster traits (coincidences, locked room, stories-within-the-story) but this time they're done in a much more straightforward, though subtle, manner.
The narrative voice is engaging, though I have to wonder how Nathan went from being a supposedly uninvolved curmudgeon with nothing to live for (unless he's exaggerating) to an active retiree in such a short period of time. Perhaps Auster's point is that moving back to such a place as Brooklyn can do that to one. And, in many ways, this book is a love letter to Brooklyn, where Auster lives.
Without giving anything away, I can't say what it is that ratchets up the tension (another Auster trait) from the beginning and leads to a good ending.