{"product_id":"daynight-two-novels-travels-in-the-scriptorium-and-man-in-the-dark-9781250037879","title":"Day\/Night: Two Novels: Travels in the Scriptorium and Man in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in one volume, two existential classics by internationally bestselling novelist Paul Auster.\u003c\/b\u003e \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\u003e In\u003ci\u003e Travels in the Scriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, 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\u003e Who 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\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out - Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"a descendant of Kafka and Borges,\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) Auster explores in these two small masterpieces some of our most pressing philosophical concerns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492391293202,"sku":"9781250037879","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec406073-b23d-4959-b50e-4ea3162a6a4a.jpg?v=1730587554","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daynight-two-novels-travels-in-the-scriptorium-and-man-in-the-dark-9781250037879","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}