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 run-down neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, painting a poignant picture of today's America and its inner demons. This novel is an emotional and political narrative.