Sunset Park
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4,2 • 9 notes
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- 8,99 €
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- 8,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
Peuplé de personnages qui sont autant d'écorchés vifs sur la scène pleine de bruit et de fureur du complexe roman familial qui les rassemble, Sunset Park explore les capacités de dévastation des traumatismes enfouis lorsque ces derniers viennent, de surcroît, à se trouver relayés par la cruelle évolution des sociétés matérialistes contemporaines. Ou comment sept ans après l'effondrement des Twin Towers, la crise des subprimes, portant un nouveau coup au rêve américain, oblige les individus à une douloureuse et radicale révision de la manière d'appréhender leur propre histoire à l'heure du crépuscule annoncé des valeurs.
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Auster (Invisible) is in excellent form for this foray into the tarnished, conflicted soul of Brooklyn. New York native Miles Heller now cleans out foreclosed south Florida homes, but after falling in love with an underage girl and stirring the wrath of her older sister, he flees to Brooklyn and shacks up with a group of artists squatting in the borough's Sunset Park neighborhood. As Miles arrives at the squat, the narrative broadens to take in the lives of Miles's roommates among them Bing, "the champion of discontent," and Alice, a starving writer and the unlikely paths that lead them to their squat. Then there's the matter of Miles's estranged father, Morris, who, in trying to save both his marriage and the independent publishing outfit he runs, may find the opportunity to patch things up with Miles. The fractured narrative takes in an impressive swath of life and history Vietnam, baseball trivia, the WWII coming-home film The Best Years of Our Lives and even if a couple of the perspectives feel weak, Auster's newest is a gratifying departure from the postmodern trickery he's known for, one full of crisp turns of phrase and keen insights.
