Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first paperback Edition, first printing of Man in the Dark by Paul Auster. First Picador Edition stated, May 2000 Picador. First Printing with complete print line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s initials on the inside front cover. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear inside cover and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Man in the Dark is a book that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence. Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident at his daughter’s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget: his wife’s recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter’s boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued. As the night progresses, Brill’s story grows increasingly intense, and what he is desperately trying to avoid insists on being told.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
