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One of americas greatest novelists dazzlingly reinvents the comingofage story in his most passionate and surprising book to date. Auster was made a chevalier of the order of arts and letters by the french government in 1991 he. He has also written two memoirs, a collection of essays, a volume of poems, and several screenplays. Paul auster is the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, winter journal, sunset park, invisible, the book of illusions, and the new york trilogy, among many other works. Written by paul auster, audiobook narrated by joe barrett. Best paul auster books 24 books goodreads share book. Moon palace audiobook, written by paul auster audio editions. Here is the most entertaining and moving novel yet from an author well known for his breathtaking imagination. Midwest, and centers on the life of the narrator marco stanley fogg and the. Auster has built a reputation as a postmodern gumshoe, fusing the conventions of detective fiction with beckettlike despair. Beginning during the summer that men first walked on the moon, and moving backward and forward in time to span three generations, moon palace is propelled by coincidence and memory, and illuminated.
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The moon as a poetic and planetary influence over earthly affairs runs as a theme, wittily ransacked, throughout this. Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, paul austers 15th novel opens in new york city in the spring of 1967, when 20yearold adam walker, an aspiring poet and student at columbia university, meets the enigmatic frenchman rudolf born and his silent and seductive girlfriend, margot. His work has been translated into thirty languages. The first edition of the novel was published in february 1989, and was written by paul auster. And in the end, i think of the book as a love story.
Paul austers moon palace is a dark, intellectual book about the loneliness and momentary as well as incurable basic identitycrisis the angst in the intellectually focus man. Paul auster s brilliant debut novels, city of glass, ghosts, and the locked room brought him international acclaim for his creation of a new genre, mixing elements of the standard detective fiction and postmodern fiction. Midwest, and centers on the life of the narrator marco stanley fogg and the two previous generations of his family. Jan 04, 2017 concur with the other answer start with the new york trilogy. His other novels include moon palace 1989, the music of chance 1990, leviathan 1992, and the book of illusions 2002. Marco stanley fogg is an orphan, a child of the 60s, a quester tirelessly seeking the key to his past. Browse paul austers bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Paul auster is the bestselling author of the new york trilogy city of glass, ghosts, the locked room, and many other critically acclaimed novels, including the brooklyn follies, sunset park, and leviathan.
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