Abstract
This text is an extract from the novel The Brooklyn Follies, written by Paul Auster and published in 2005. Earlier in the novel, we discovered the main character, Nathan Glass, a 60 year old man in remission from cancer. He was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn to him. However, after a moment he changed his mind and started thinking in a more optimistic way. In this passage, the narrator is about to get involved with some project. He wants to take a new departure; he wants to take the bull by the horns. We may thus wonder in what way the character is engaged in the process of reinventing a life for him-self.
