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Cover of Brooklyn Follies

Brooklyn Follies

✍ Scribed by Paul Auster


Publisher
ePubLibre
Year
2005
Tongue
Spanish
Weight
214 KB
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


Nathan Glass ha sobrevivido a un cáncer de pulmón y a un divorcio después de tres décadas de matrimonio, y ha vuelto a Brooklyn, el lugar donde pasó su infancia. Hasta que enfermó era un vendedor de seguros; ahora que ya no tiene que ganarse la vida, piensa escribir El libro del desvarí o humano. Contará todo lo que pasa a su alrededor, todo lo que le ocurre y lo que se le ocurre. Comienza a frecuentar el bar del barrio y está casi enamorado de la camarera. Y va también a la librerí a de segunda mano de Harry Brightman, un homosexual culto que no es quien dice ser. Y allí se encuentra con Tom, su sobrino, el hijo de su amada hermana muerta. El joven habí a sido un universitario brillante. Y ahora, solitario, conduce un taxi y ayuda a Brightman a clasificar sus libros… Poco a poco, Nathan irá descubriendo que no ha venido a Brooklyn a morir, sino a vivir.


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