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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/431.The_New_York_Trilogy?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The New York Trilogy" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917386m/431.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/431.The_New_York_Trilogy?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The New York Trilogy</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/296961.Paul_Auster">Paul Auster</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1322292?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>This is the book that made me a Paul Auster fan, though of course this remains Auster's best. I'm glad I discovered it through a freshman English class. The New York Trilogy is quintessential Auster with all of the key features that characterize his novels: the protagonist is an author; coincidences feature as key elements in the plot; and, of course, New York as the setting and the center of the world. Those who like slightly off-beat, even experimentalist fiction would find Auster very interesting. He writes in very light and easy prose, but explores deep issues that underscore literature -- and life. The New York Trilogy, in partcular, evokes questions about identity, language, authorship, existence, and even the philosophy/architecture of (urban) space -- but these are examined in ways you probably wouldn't expect or are used to. Read it, you won't be disappointed!
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<br/>Incidentally, my original copy of the text got stolen from summer storage (along with most of my other books, as well as those of everyone else in the college!). I bought a copy of this great Penguin Deluxe Edition in time to get it signed by the author earlier this year!
  <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/79412?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>

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This is the book that made me a Paul Auster fan, though of course this remains Auster's best. I'm glad I discovered it through a freshman English class. The New York Trilogy is quintessential Auster with all of the key features that characterize his novels: the protagonist is an author; coincidences feature as key elements in the plot; and, of course, New York as the setting and the center of the world. Those who like slightly off-beat, even experimentalist fiction would find Auster very interesting. He writes in very light and easy prose, but explores deep issues that underscore literature -- and life. The New York Trilogy, in partcular, evokes questions about identity, language, authorship, existence, and even the philosophy/architecture of (urban) space -- but these are examined in ways you probably wouldn't expect or are used to. Read it, you won't be disappointed!

Incidentally, my original copy of the text got stolen from summer storage (along with most of my other books, as we...more

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message 1: by Zahreen

05/20/2007 05:58PM

Wow - that's a rave review - now I will definitely read it.