{"product_id":"day-night-paperback","title":"Day\/Night - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE VOLUME, TWO EXISTENTIAL CLASSICS BY BESTSELLING NOVELIST PAUL AUSTER \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDay\/Night\u003c\/i\u003e brings together two metaphysical novels that mirror each other and are meant to be read in tandem: two men, each confined to a room, one suddenly alert to his existence, the other desperate to escape into sleep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Travels in the Scriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), elderly Mr. Blank wakes in an unfamiliar cell, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He must use the few objects he finds and the information imparted by the day's string of visitors to cobble together an idea of his identity. In \u003ci\u003eMan in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), another old man, August Brill, suffering from insomnia, struggles to push away thoughts of painful personal losses by imagining what might have been. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho are we? What is real and not real? How does the political intersect with the personal? After great loss, why are some of us unable to go on? One of America's greats* and a descendant of Kafka and Borges, ** Auster explores in these two small masterpieces some of our most pressing philosophical concerns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e (Chicago)\u003cbr\u003e**\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Auster is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInvisible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMan in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other works. His books have been translated into forty-three languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.29 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730626748551,"sku":"9781250037879","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f169c733ace156708dfa8b9658b16edc.webp?v=1734095685","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/day-night-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}