Ghosts
A fiction writer compiles his essays and interviews with such literary greats as Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan, and more in a book that calls attention to the dangerous stakes of writing and undermines accepted notions about literature.
A fiction writer compiles his essays and interviews with such literary greats as Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan, and more in a book that calls attention to the dangerous stakes of writing and undermines accepted notions about literature.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140097351 (014009735X)
Publish date: July 7th 1987
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Crime,
Noir,
Modern,
New York
Series: New York Trilogy (#2)
'A ghost!' 'Where?' Never mind, because as the reader will have already noticed, this is just some post modern plot device. You just have to love it. With Ghosts, Paul Auster's second book in The New York Trilogy, I once again really liked the beginning. OK, I wasn't sure about all people having ...
Part 2!This is a completely different novel than [b:City of Glass|432|City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1)|Paul Auster|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309986722s/432.jpg|2434710], but it follows similar themes. Once again, this is at its heart a detective story with a postmodern twist. However, un...