false <![CDATA[Travels in the Scriptorium: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg 454 30 An old man sits in a room, with a single door and window, a bed, a desk and a chair. Each day he awakes with no memory, unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room. Attached to the few objects around him are one-word, hand-written, labels and on the desk is a series of vaguely familiar black-and-white photographs and four piles of paper. Then a middle-aged woman called Anna enters and talks of pills and treatment, but also of love and promises. Who is this Mr Blank, and what is his fate? What does Anna represent from his past - and will he have enough time to ever make sense of the clues that arise? After the huge success of The Brooklyn Follies, Travels in the Scriptorium sees Auster return to more metaphysical territory. A dark puzzle, and a game that implicates both reader and writer alike, it is an ingenious exploration of language, responsibility and the passage of time. 2364730 book 2006 Travels in the Scriptorium: A Novel total:1238|5:111|4:282|3:469|2:254|1:111| 1238 3745 1704 242 4 6 false false Mon May 21 04:04:49 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 15:50:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jul 16 04:14:09 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 10:00:44 -0700 2009 Travels in the Scriptorium, it is best that you keep your expectations in check. That way you won't be bitterly disappointed. From the very first words I thought this story was going now...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 16:02:02 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 12 16:09:00 -0800 2009
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Travels in the Scriptorium was an impulse buy based on the cover. I found an advanced readers copy at work. It was that simple. The book turned out to be anything but.

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Authors almost obligatorily write about authors, the struggles of writing, and the idiosyncratic tendencies of introverted artists who understand the world by factoring their place in it.

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