Tale of a lonely storyteller

Book review for Man in the Dark by Paul Auster for The Commercial Appeal blog, “The Shelf Life.” September 9, 2008.

The writer spends his life in a solitary landscape of desk, typewriter and window through which he gazes out at the world to recharge his creative battery.

At least he used to.

Now, it’s probably more Mac, Starbucks and iPod. Nevertheless, writing is a solo and, mostly, lonesome pursuit. Paul Auster pours this feeling of seclusion out onto paper and into novels populated by rich, though solitary, characters … (read more)