Man in the Dark (novel)

For the 1953 movie, see Man in the Dark.

Man in the Dark is a novel by Paul Auster published in August 2008. Its topic is a dystopian scenario of the present-day United States being torn apart by a new secession and civil war after the presidential elections of 2000. (The fictional division between the secessionist and loyal states is very similar to the "Jesusland" map.) This is told within a frame narrative of an aging journalist reflecting on his family and the death of his wife.

Man in the Dark

First edition
Author	Paul Auster
Language	English
Publisher	Henry Holt and Co.
Publication date	August 19, 2008
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback) and Audio CD
Pages	180 pp
ISBN	978-0-571-24076-0
OCLC	229464027
Preceded by	Travels in the Scriptorium
Followed by	Invisible

Editions

• Man in the Dark, Henry Holt and Co. 2008. ISBN 978-0-571-24076-0

Reviews

• California Literary Review, by Garan Holcombe [1]
• San Francisco Chronicle, by Stephen Elliott [2]
• The Telegraph, by Ruth Scurr [3]
• The New York Review of Books, by Michael Dirda [4]
• The Washington Post, by Jeff Turrentine [5] (Washington Post Best Books of the Year)

External links

• Audio interview with Auster about Man in the Dark by George Miller on Faber website