Call Me Brooklyn
Call Me Brooklyn by Eduardo Lago, published by Dalkey Archive Press on October 17, 2013, is a novel that explores the life of Gal Ackerman, a Spanish orphan adopted during the Spanish Civil War and raised in Brooklyn, NY. This edition spans 364 pages and is presented in English. The narrative employs an inventive structure that shifts between various narrators and traverses decades, offering a multifaceted view of Ackerman’s experiences and the environments that shape his identity.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of settings, from the hidden tunnels of Manhattan to the artistic spaces associated with notable figures, as well as a bar in Madrid that reveals crucial aspects of Ackerman’s past. The story delves into themes of friendship and the complexities of personal history, drawing connections to a literary tradition that includes works by Nabokov and Bellow. Call Me Brooklyn invites exploration of the interplay between memory and fiction, creating a narrative that reflects on the mysteries of life and the power of storytelling.
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Through an ingenious structure that jumps from narrator to narrator and spans decades, Call Me Brooklyn follows the life of Gal Ackerman, a Spanish orphan adopted during the Spanish Civil War and raised in Brooklyn, NY. A hymn to mystery and to the power of fiction, Call Me Brooklyn meanders through a series of settings: from Manhattan to haunts of writers and artists to the bar in Madrid where we learn the truth about Ackerman’s past.
Through an ingenious structure that jumps from narrator to narrator and spans decades, Call Me Brooklyn follows the life of Gal Ackerman, a Spanish orphan adopted during the Spanish Civil War and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Moving from the secret tunnels that shelter the forgotten residents of Manhattan to the studio where Mark Rothko put an end to his life, from the jazz clubs frequented by Thomas Pynchon to the bar in Madrid where we learn the truth about Ackerman’s past, Call Me Brooklyn draws upon a rich tradition that includes Nabokov’s Pale Fire, Bellow’s Humbolt’s Gift, and the novels of Felipe Alfau—a hymn to mystery and to the power of fiction.
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