{"product_id":"sunset-park-paperback","title":"Sunset Park - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the International Dublin Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e comes a luminous, tour-de-force novel set during the 2008 economic collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Auster fans and newcomers will find in \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e his usual beautifully nuanced prose.... [and] a tremendous crash bang of an ending.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e opens with twenty-eight-year-old Miles Heller trashing out foreclosed houses in Florida, the latest stop in his flight across the country. When Miles falls in love with Pilar Sanchez, he finds himself fleeing once again, going back to New York, where his family still lives, and into an abandoned house of young squatters in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoven together from various points of view--that of Miles's father, an independent book publisher trying to stay afloat, Miles's mother, a celebrated actress preparing her return to the New York stage, and the various men and women who live in the house--\"Auster seems to carry all of humanity inside him\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster \u003c\/b\u003ewas the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBloodbath Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaumgartner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis Étranger for \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Premio Napoli for \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e), the PEN\/Faulkner Award (\u003ci\u003eThe Music of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e), the Edgar Award (\u003ci\u003eCity of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e), and the Man Booker Prize (\u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.29 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53056811401440,"sku":"9780312610678","price":26.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/4UFb_JJMjK9780312610678.webp?v=1781368820","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/sunset-park-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}