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  <read_at>Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so emotionally draining as Paul Auster's Leviathan.  I have been reading it at work for the last week or so, and finally in the home stretch of the last hundred pages today, I started walking around with my head down and my coworkers kept asking ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22960474">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8678280">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was recommended to me by my cool dude friend who knows how to hold a plot in his mind.  He works in linear, logical ways, and even when he takes some creative risks in his own work, it's never weird, because it is upheld by this *structure* that just makes sense.  <br/><br/>I respect this, a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8678280">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quintessential Auster, a mystery wrapped in an enigma.  What I love about Auster is while his fiction is &quot;post-modern&quot; or &quot;meta-fiction,&quot; unlike others who play those games, Auster never tosses out the baby with the bathwater -- he revels in the joy to be had in a gripping narrat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67234233">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42330825">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lentement mais sûrement je poursuis mon Auster-thon. Je peux déjà dire qu’il ne fera pas partie de mes préférés. Le narrateur, Peter Aaron (Paul Auster ?), raconte dans les moindres détails sa rencontre, puis son amitié avec Benjamin Sachs. Le récit est assez linéaire, le début est pass...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42330825">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20515288">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[MehI am not quite sure what to make of Leviathan. I was not the biggest fan, but I am not sure if this sin is due to the writing, or if it is a book, static as a book must be, which has missed its time for me specifically. The very first page talks about a man blowing himself up, mentions the author...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20515288">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19350061">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had such a good feeling about <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457.Auggie_Wren_s_Christmas_Story" title="Auggie Wren's Christmas Story by Paul Auster">Auggie Wren's Christmas Story</a> that I picked up this book too.  Didn't want to go through withdrawal or anything.<br/><br/>I'm not sure how I feel about this book.  I liked it a lot at first because it is a mystery or sorts where a man has been blown up and the narra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19350061">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1999990">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As usual, Paul Auster captivates me, I read this after The Book of Illusions - which should also be read. I thoroughly enjoyed the premise of Leviathan. Especially as French artist, Sophie Calle's work mystifies me; Leviathan is as much based on her work, as it is a weaving of that fact and Auster's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1999990">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67804862">
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    <body><![CDATA[A gorgeous work of mystery and fiction, characteristically Auster with existentially questing characters.  I enjoy novels with ties to the visual arts, and very much enjoyed the collaboration between Paul Auster and Sophie Calle that began with this book.  Auster models the character Maria after Cal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67804862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I ended up really liking this book, after a period being put off by what seemed to be a hagiography of what a great guy Ben Sachs was.  The layers of complexity that were introduced led to shifting focuses and gradually you realised your were reading about a complex person with mixed motivations. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70229827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first Auster novel I read.  It was another case of <br/>&quot;I should be studying for this exam, but instead I'm going to read.&quot;  The exam in question was second semester general chemistry, and clearly everything turned out all right.<br/><br/>The protagonist of this book is a writer na...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6830593">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7932115">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A story of New York literati best friends in the 1970s and '80s. Books are written, marriages fall apart and one guy kinda loses his shit.  The other guy eulogizes him, a la Steinbeck's story of Ed Ricketts in the extended intro to &quot;The Log of The Sea of Cortez.&quot;<br/><br/>My mp3 player i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7932115">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44204720">
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    <body><![CDATA[Another winner from Paul Auster. This books tells the story of best friends Peter Aaron and Ben Sachs whose lives and fates are intertwined in many and varied ways. Told from Peter's point of view, the reader is treated to a singularly clear and affectionate voice. Peter's love for Ben lends a poign...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44204720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40137822">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Auster weaves fine stories based on the occurences of random events changing lives. The tragic hero searches for purpose and a random event turns him into a terrorist - Auster's strong narrative powers makes this a believeable outcome.<br/>But therein lay my disatisfaction - there was too much narr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40137822">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20356966">
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    <body><![CDATA[i just noticed that next to 'my review' goodreads says 'what i learned from this book.' i guess what i learned from paul auster's leviathan is that unlike similar writers who mix genre with magic realism (murakami, lethem, etc), auster grounds his books equally in experimentalism and humanism. all o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20356966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46516298">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really good novel - I credit it for introducing me to a whole new world of modern fiction. It was a while ago that I read it for the first time, I think it's time to re-visit. I like Auster's stuff from this era more than I like the more recent stuff. ]]></body>
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    <review id="50050653">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not much to say. I enjoy Paul Auster as a writer. Book of Illusions is one of my favorite books. Leviathan did not work for me. I never connected to these characters, even though Auster's storytelling skills kept me moving briskly through the book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots of insight into friendships and the dangers of lust to them. A quote: If he had learned how to love himself a little more, he wouldn't have had the power to cause so much unhappiness around him.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The characters in this book are some of Auster's finest.  The story is his least fantastical; as a matter of fact it's shockingly realistic.  Regardless, Auster nails another story about identity.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I haven't included any major spoilers as such, I'd recommend reading Leviathan before you read any of its reviews or synopses at all, including this brief one. Go in blind as I did, and you'll get more from it I reckon.<br/><br/>Phenomenal. I never thought New York Trilogy could be topped...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18694798">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Am I crazy or does it seem when you are reading a Paul Auster novel and you look down and realize you only have 10 pages or so left, that the novel doesn't seem like it should be ending. It feels right in the middle of things and then, well, books done. heheh. Another fine outing from Nr. Auster.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69278464">more...</a>]]></body>
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