Brooklyn Follies, by Paul Auster
"I was looking for a quiet place to die in. Someone advised me to Brooklyn." Thus begins the last opus of Paul Auster. But make no mistake: far from all darkness, Brooklyn Follies? is a hymn to life. The story ? Retired, divorced, a lung cancer in remission, Nathan Glass, 60, moved to Brooklyn, the district of his childhood. A new life is offered to him. He falls in love with the little pleasures of everyday life, finds his nephew by chance, goes out in search of his niece, makes improbable friendships. Discover the inner peace.
Through the rebirth of an individual, it is the daily life of each of us that is staged with our desires, our fears, our hopes and our simple joys. All this skillfully put into music thanks to the talent of Paul Auster, between lightness, poetry and suspense. A tender trip to this part of New York populated by fantastic characters.
And maybe you'll realize that you too have time for a few lines, stayed at the Existence Hotel ...
