mahdi reviewed Muž ve tmě by Paul Auster
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3 stars
hmm, jako prvni pulka a prolinani dvou linii me hodne zaujalo, ale pak to slo bohuzel ctivosti dost dolu ...
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Published Aug. 19, 2008 by Faber & Faber.
Man in the Dark
by Paul Auster
3 stars
(2 reviews)
Man in the Dark is a novel by Paul Auster published in August 2008. Its topic is a dystopian scenario of the present-day United States being torn apart by a new secession and civil war after the presidential elections of 2000. (The fictional division between the secessionist and loyal states is very similar to the "Jesusland" map.) This is told within a frame narrative of an aging journalist reflecting on his family and the death of his wife.
Armamix reviewed Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
Review of 'Man in the Dark' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
It might very well grow into a four-star once I've digested it. Two-thirds through I was pretty much ready to write it off as something wanting to be a Vonnegut piece but without the sting. The story (stories) seemed to lack purpose and an old mans ramblings seemed like just that, an old mans rambling. However in the final third it kind of came together and I caught on to something that might be summed up by the following quote:
Why is life so horrible, Grandpa?
Because it is, that's all. It just is
So it goes.
It might very well grow into a four-star once I've digested it. Two-thirds through I was pretty much ready to write it off as something wanting to be a Vonnegut piece but without the sting. The story (stories) seemed to lack purpose and an old mans ramblings seemed like just that, an old mans rambling. However in the final third it kind of came together and I caught on to something that might be summed up by the following quote:
Why is life so horrible, Grandpa?
Because it is, that's all. It just is
So it goes.