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Bajo el peso de un estado narcótico, casi onírico, Mister Blank, un hombre que ronda los sesenta, intenta que las respuestas se abran paso entre la niebla de su pensamiento. La memoria no ayuda: no recuerda quienes son las personas que le visitan y le hacen preguntas que nu siempre entiende. La enfermera, el médico, su abogado... le suenan de algo, sí, pero no sabe muy bien de qué. Sobre el escritorio hay un par de documentos que debe leer y un montón de fotografías que tal vez resuelvan sus dudas. ¿Quiénes son las personas que aparecen en las fotografías? ¿Por qué cada vez que cierra los ojos la pantalla del cerebro proyecta esas perturbadoras imágenes? ¿Tal vz hizo algo que debe pagar con el infierno de no saber?]]> 454 30 2364730 book 2006 Travels in the Scriptorium: A Novel total:1274|5:116|4:291|3:483|2:259|1:114| 1274 3861 1750 246 296961 3.75 31023 3218 1335845 87685 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.04 1095 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 4 6 false Mon May 21 04:04:49 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:47:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2781046 97099 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 4 3 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 06 14:43:56 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:49:03 -0800 2009
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.

...more...]]> 63695701 1948838 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 2 2 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...]]> 11813535 191578 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 3 3 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
(My daughter read the Guiness Book o...more...]]> 61433722 1127870 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 4 2 false Sun Jun 28 17:36:39 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 07:06:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 23361755 126374 927807 0312426291 9780312426293 22 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/927807.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium 2.90 93 Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Paul Auster describing a world not so very different from our own.
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This is a terrible place to start for any Auster virgin beca...more...]]> 15566251 894646 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 1 1 true Sat Feb 16 10:06:32 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 10:16:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 69348151 649504 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 1 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 29 12:30:06 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 12:49:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 66770757 2332179 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:34:48 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:57:29 -0700 2009
Mr. Blank is visited by a number of people who have had some connection with his l...more...]]> 71146288 2736278 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 3 0 false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 02:23:56 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 02:00:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49943817 2140757 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 3 0 false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 06:13:41 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 16:15:51 -0700 2009
Overall I enjo...more...]]> 81354885 874205 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 1 0 false Sun Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 19:48:13 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 10:00:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 47264123 1970934 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 4 0 false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 10:24:45 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 19:43:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7137340 398267 1437762 8433971174 9788433971173 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183584356m/1437762.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183584356s/1437762.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1437762.Viajes_por_el_Scriptorium 3.38 8 2006 1 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 07:04:18 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 07:04:18 -0700 2007 11374139 227355 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 1 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 05:13:43 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 18:10:01 -0800 2008 55004520 1313994 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 5 0 false Tue May 05 06:59:39 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 07:03:35 -0700 2009
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.

This novel once again uses a contempora...more...]]> 51706080 1847807 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 1 0 false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 11:55:44 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 12:00:11 -0700 2009 Brooklyn Follies and enjoyed it quite a bit, i stole Travels in the Scriptorium: A Novel from Bryan's bookshelf to read on the two-hour train from NYC to Baltimore.

I didn't like it. At first, i was captivated by the post-modern "what's going on here"...more...]]> 57800794 783969 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 3 0 false Fri May 29 18:10:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 15:07:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 21720265 185835 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 0 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 06 13:16:32 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 13:16:42 -0700 2008 13680108 3158 454 0805081453 9780805081459 206 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458m/454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917458s/454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454.Travels_in_the_Scriptorium_A_Novel 3.03 1274 A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.
Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn’t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell—vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can’t remember—and each brings frustrating hints of his identity and his past. All the while an overhead camera clicks and clicks, recording his movements, and a microphone records every sound in the room. Someone is watching.
Both chilling and poignant, Travels in the Scriptorium is vintage Auster: mysterious texts, fluid identities, a hidden past, and, somewhere, an obscure tormentor. And yet, as we discover during one day in the life of Mr. Blank, his world is not so different from our own.]]> 2006 0 1 false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 26 20:09:06 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 07 09:26:38 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6343759