Moon Palace in Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Jul 22, 2007 Duc rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This book is about writing and observations and hardship. This book is my first introduction to Auster. After reading this book, I went to the university library to look up obscure writers. One of the writers is Giordano Bruno who believed that there was a parallel universe back in medieval times. There is the theme of journey, travel and exploration into other worlds. The narrator has a name inspired by Phileas Fogg, the fictional character in Jules Verns ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’.
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Aug 20, 2020 Arukiyomi rated it it was ok

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Again, another Auster, and the only question you’re left with is why he bothered writing it. Composing this review by copying and pasting chunks of my review of The New York Trilogy from 2009 seems not only appropriate, it is in fact downright necessary.

At the time, I said “For the life of me though, I couldn’t figure out what that story was really meant to be.” I said the writing was “engaging” and that a couple of themes stood out. “The first is identity. ” and “then there’s the recurring them ...more

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Sep 06, 2014 Maeve rated it it was amazing

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I really love Auster's style, his ability to describe things and the subtle way he can point out amazing things in the seemingly mundane. Not only are his plots intricate, but the words themselves - the actual craft of writing - are top notch. ...more

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Feb 06, 2007 Francisco rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: novela, estadounidenses

Buena historia, aunque para ver el Monument Valley están mejor las películas de John Ford.
No, en serio. Como me pasa con Auster, me da la impresión de que ya he leido lo que me cuenta... No sé, esperaré a Leviatán.

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Sep 15, 2007 Michelle added it

We all go a little crazy and homeless living in NYC. When I lived there, I had no money and barely had an apartment but I had Central Park in its varying degrees of beauty and filth. Regardless, Moon Palace gave me a tucked in feeling, like everything comes together at some point with some meaning - I can only hope.

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