Debbie's review
Léviathan
by Paul Auster
Debbie's review
Léviathan by Paul Auster
Debbie's review
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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 fiction.
In my Sophie Calle collective artbook, she credits one piece of work to Auster - she had taken a leaf out of a character in his book, who abides by a chromatic diet. That is, based on the days of the week, she eats only food belonging to one colour group. That becomes the basis for one of her pieces.
Calle's voyeuristic work intrigued me, and informed me on Auster. So did Auster's warped world of factual fiction draw me towards Calle.
I did not like the ending much though - you cannot expect to be happy, nor satisfied closing the last page to any Auster book. But I had much enjoyed The Book of Illusions' ending to this.
In my Sophie Calle collective artbook, she credits one piece of work to Auster - she had taken a leaf out of a character in his book, who abides by a chromatic diet. That is, based on the days of the week, she eats only food belonging to one colour group. That becomes the basis for one of her pieces.
Calle's voyeuristic work intrigued me, and informed me on Auster. So did Auster's warped world of factual fiction draw me towards Calle.
I did not like the ending much though - you cannot expect to be happy, nor satisfied closing the last page to any Auster book. But I had much enjoyed The Book of Illusions' ending to this.
