Sunset Park

"Sunset Park" describes the hopes and worries of an unforgettable group of people who come together during the darkest times of the recent American economic crisis: a mysterious young man who obsessively photographs debris; a cool filmmaker with a penchant for the androgynous; a political activist who repairs artifacts of a vanished world in his clinic for broken things; a painter of erotic themes; a once-celebrated actress preparing for her comeback on Broadway; a small publisher trying to save his publishing house and his marriage. The dramatic events that connect the fates of Auster's heroes culminate in an occupied house in the rundown neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, painting a poignant picture of contemporary America and its inner demons. This novel is an emotional and political narrative.