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賰賳鬲購 賮賷 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 毓卮乇丞 丨賷賳 爻乇鬲購 毓賱賶 丕賱賲丕亍 兀賵賱 賲乇丞. 毓賱賾賲賳賷 丕賱乇噩賱 匕賵 丕賱孬賷丕亘 丕賱爻賵丿丕亍 兀賳 兀賮毓賱 匕賱賰貙 賵賱賳 兀鬲馗丕賴乇 亘兀賳賳賷 鬲毓賱賲鬲 丕賱丨賷賱丞 亘賷賳 毓卮賷丞 賵囟丨丕賴丕. 毓孬乇 毓賱賷賾 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 賵兀賳丕 賮賷 丕賱鬲丕爻毓丞貙 賵賰賳鬲 賵賱丿丕賸 賷鬲賷賲丕賸 賷鬲爻賵賱 丕賱爻賳鬲丕鬲 賮賷 卮賵丕乇毓 "爻丕賳鬲 賱賵賷爻"貙 賵毓賲賱 賲毓賷 亘丿兀亘 賱孬賱丕孬丞 兀毓賵丕賲 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷鬲乇賰賳賷 兀毓乇囟 兀毓賲丕賱賷 毓賱丕賳賷丞. 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 賮賷 1927貙 爻賳丞 "亘賷亘 乇孬" 賵"鬲卮丕乇賱夭 賱賷賳丿亘乇噩"貙 丕賱爻賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 亘丿兀 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賱賷賱 賷爻賯胤 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿. 馗賱賱鬲 兀賯賵賲 亘賴丕 廿賱賶 賲丕 賯亘賱 丕賳賴賷丕乇 兀賰鬲賵亘乇 亘兀賷丕賲 賯賱賷賱丞貙 賵賰丕賳 賲丕 賯賲鬲購 亘賴 兀毓馗賲 賲賲丕 丨賱賲 亘賴 賴匕丕 丕賱卮禺氐丕賳. 賮毓賱鬲購 賲丕 賱賲 賷賮毓賱賴 兀賲乇賷賰賷 賯亘賱賷貙 賵賱賲 賷賮毓賱賴 兀丨丿賹 賲賳 丨賷賳賴丕.
丕禺鬲丕乇賳賷 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 賱兀賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 丕賱兀囟兀賱 噩爻賲丕賸 賵丕賱兀賯匕乇 賵丕賱兀賰孬乇 禺爻丞. 賯丕賱: "賱爻鬲賻 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 丨賷賵丕賳貙 廿賳賰 噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱毓丿賲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷". 賴匕賴 兀賵賱 噩賲賱丞 賯丕賱賴丕 賱賷貙 賵乇睾賲 賲乇賵乇 孬賲丕賳賷丞 賵爻鬲賷賳 毓丕賲丕賸 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱賷賱丞貙 賷亘丿賵 賵賰兀賳賳賷 賲丕夭賱鬲 兀爻賲毓 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 鬲賳亘毓孬 賲賳 賮賲 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕: "賱爻鬲賻 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 丨賷賵丕賳. 爻鬲賲賵鬲 賯亘賱 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丕賱卮鬲丕亍 廿匕丕 亘賯賷鬲賻 丨賷孬 兀賳鬲. 賵爻兀毓賱賲賰 賰賷賮 鬲胤賷乇 廿匕丕 兀鬲賷鬲賻 賲毓賷".

343 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1994

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Paul Auster

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Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix M茅dicis 脡tranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l鈥橭rdre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.

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October 24, 2020
For Your Own Good

What is this thing? A parable of spiritual self-development? A re-telling of the Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the Wicked Witch? A case study in Stockholm Syndrome? Whatever Auster meant it to be, it is uninspiring, unedifying, and, as far as I can tell, meaningless - a collection of miscellaneous writerly bits and pieces dumped in the same bin bag of a novel because the mess was getting underfoot. It may be a dot on the literary map of Auster鈥檚 journey but not much more.

Exceptionally cruel child abuse in the cause of a carnival levitation act is not the most promising of story lines. Nor are the characters involved in the story - the obnoxious St. Louis street urchin, the Hungarian rabbi and mystical teacher, the ricketty black genius from Georgia, the drunken Wichita widow on the make, and the toothless Sioux matron who rode with Wild Bill Cody. They are little more than just weird 鈥榯ypes鈥�, ingredients thrown together to see what the resulting goulash might taste like. And aside from the 鈥榳ax on, wax off鈥� 33-Step Program by the Mr. Miyagi-like Hungarian Master, there is no intellectual or spiritual take-away.

The relentless prose of the senescent narrator as he relates his largely non-adventures is relieved only occasionally by his youthful voice of sarcasm, resistance, and regret. But that too gets old rapidly. The mystery of the missing 60 years or so between the two is not enough to sustain the reader鈥檚 attention. Sure 鈥渢here comes a time in every levitator鈥檚 career when the air is fraught with peril鈥� But that doesn鈥檛 really conjure up any sympathy. Nor does it explain the transition by the urchin from carnival act to baseball-obsessed mobster and on to launderette manager with a sexual penchant for the elderly.

It frequently appears that Auster loses interest in his own story when he has nothing on the shelf to fill in page-bulk. An absurd fantasy about the baseball player Dizzy Dean goes on interminably; While crucial decades are compressed into single sentences. Motivations are absent, forced, or just silly. Something is driving these people but it鈥檚 never described much less defined. And whatever it is has no connection with life as it exists on this planet, except perhaps Auster鈥檚 deadline.

It is not inconceivable that Auster internalised Robertson Davies鈥檚 Deptford Trilogy, written two decades previously, and decided it would be better re-written in the style of Gabriel Garcia M谩rquez - a sort of North American magic realism. A very strange melange, quesadillas with maple syrup perhaps. It鈥檚 not a great theory but at least it stops further fruitless search for significance beyond Auster鈥檚 implicit advice to steer clear of Kansas. But that I already knew.
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July 15, 2016

丕禺鬲丕乇賳賷 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 賱兀賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 丕賱兀囟兀賱 噩爻賲丕賸 賵丕賱兀賯匕乇 賵丕賱兀賰孬乇 禺爻丞. 賯丕賱: "賱爻鬲賻 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 丨賷賵丕賳貙 廿賳賰 噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱毓丿賲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷". 賴匕賴 兀賵賱 噩賲賱丞 賯丕賱賴丕 賱賷貙 賵乇睾賲 賲乇賵乇 孬賲丕賳賷丞 賵爻鬲賷賳 毓丕賲丕賸 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱賷賱丞貙 賷亘丿賵 賵賰兀賳賳賷 賲丕夭賱鬲 兀爻賲毓 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 鬲賳亘毓孬 賲賳 賮賲 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕: "賱爻鬲賻 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 丨賷賵丕賳. 爻鬲賲賵鬲 賯亘賱 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丕賱卮鬲丕亍 廿匕丕 亘賯賷鬲賻 丨賷孬 兀賳鬲. 賵爻兀毓賱賲賰 賰賷賮 鬲胤賷乇 廿匕丕 兀鬲賷鬲賻 賲毓賷"

賰賴丿賷丞 毓賷丿 : )

賴匕丕 丕賱乇噩賱 丨賰丕亍 賯丿賷乇 賲匕賴賱 賷賳爻噩 禺胤賵胤 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕 賰賲丕 丕賱賳爻賷噩 丕賱賲睾夭賵賱.. 賱丕 卮卅 賮賷 睾賷乇 賲賵囟毓賴貙 賱丕 卮卅 兀賯賱 廿賲鬲丕毓賸丕 賲賲丕 爻賵丕賴


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September 17, 2014
I read this book for class. No, I'm not going to follow that with an 'and thus I hated it', so if that's your type of thing, shoo. I won't deny that some of those mandated readings during those readers of yore were a total slog, but that was more if not wholly due to extenuating circumstances of teaching style/my young self than the novel itself. Now that I'm older and have an almost obsessively vested interest in literature, I can look at these classroom assignments in book form and say, hm. That really wasn't so bad.

More than not bad, actually. Not great, but rather good, the rough sort of polish that would in fact be much more appropriate to the high school setting than all that Shakespeare and Dickens and a whole host of other books that should only be taught if the teacher really knows what they're doing, and that rarely happens, if at all. The one case I can personally remember of complete and utter success was that of senior year Hamlet; the rest barely surface in the memory as a quick liked or didn't like notation, except for the couple that I absolutely loathed. Now, I can't claim that, had I been offered Mr. Vertigo for inspection fully acquitted by state standards of education, I would remember it today in a positive, well-that-was-worth-it light. I am fairly certain, though, there would have been a very good chance of it.

First thing, this is not the Great American Novel. Which is fantastic, because frankly that is not the sort of thing that the majority of high school students are going to give the smallest flying crap about. Instead, it is a very American Novel. Easily swallowable sentences, fast paced action, the kind of visual imagery well adapted to the movie screen, and vulgar realism in the manner of 1920's United States, home of vaudeville, baseball, and the thick and viscous grime of rampant racism that flowed with all the speed of a horde of horsed members of the Ku Klux Klan. Also, did I mention swearing? Because swearing.

So, this novel is not tidy. It is not nice. It is not highflown with phenomenal use of language or aspirations towards justice in the sort of prettied up metaphorics that will either astound you or send you to sleep, depending on just how much you care about the potential of the written word, which when concerning the average high school reader with the average high school English teacher is close to nil. Or college English professor, because while I have to thank the prof for getting me to read this, my enjoyment would have been a stunted and sluggish thing had I completely relied on his guidance. Regardless, with this complete lack of all those characteristics of 'highbrow' literature (which I love, I really do, but the cults clamoring around all these mostly dead old white men? not so much), what does this book have to offer?

What it has to offer is a a good ol' tugging on the emotions in every direction, a straightforward stripping down of stereotypes into their viciously ignorant realities including the horrors that result from such, and heart. So much heart that I guarantee a few of even those oh so hardened high school kids will bawl their eyes out at least once by the time the last page is turned. Better yet, they will have understood exactly what this book is trying to achieve, beyond all the insipid blatherings of symbolism and foreshadowing and every other keyword that makes me wince whenever I'm forced to use them in my own writing. They will identify this little boy, this pompous prat, who starts out as the most racist brat that ever spewed out bigoted phrases a mile a minute, and ends as an old man who has ridden the highs, drowned in the lows, and is typical in every way except the amazing life he led, and all that he carved into his bones from it. Best of all, they will see the US in its glory and its filth, and will be left to decide on their own terms just how they will deal with it. Something that few, if any, high school books that I remember dealt with in such a tender and unflinching fashion. To Kill a Mockingbird is one thing; a look at prejudiced realities with all their specific language and harmful effects without one bit of comforting distance is quite another.

In short, if I ever find myself at the head of a high school English classroom (looking more plausible by the day), I'll be keeping this book in mind. Okay, so the book is easy to read, and won't challenge high schoolers as much (on a ridiculously incomprehensible level) as 'David Copperfield' or 'The Odyssey'. Who cares? Look, we'll keep those, but how about sacrificing a Hemingway in the name of something enjoyable that isn't riddled with misogyny and other bigoted bents? It's not like he isn't plenty popular enough, and truthfully, The Sun Also Rises hurt my soul. I'll keep it on for outside reading though, make everyone happy.

So. How about it?
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November 20, 2020
Ew. A bombastic failure of the Book of Illusions-Brooklyn Follies type. (Oh, these Auster books--you know what I mean.) A very over-hyped writer does his own take on the fantastic American Man/myth embodiment--cough cough silence cough. (Major pity I read the phenomenal "Billy Bathgate", another tidy rags to dirty riches story, earlier this year. This is like the Hallmark Movie Network version of that grade-A literarily-earned machofable.) Timbuktu, Invisible, New York Trilogy, these are the only Acceptable Austers. Oracle Night. I mean it. Otherwise, middleschoolgrade fodder to properly ignore.
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亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 賯丕氐賺 賲匕賴賱 禺賱賯 毓丕賱賲丕賸 丨賷丕賸 賵氐丕禺亘丕 鬲鬲賱丕丨賯 賮賷賴 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賱鬲氐賳毓 賲卮賴丿丕 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丕 賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲丨賷丿 亘氐乇賰 毓賳賴.
賵賮賷 禺囟賲 賴匕丕 丕賱噩賳賵賳 丕賱匕賷 賷囟毓賰 賮賷賴 兀賵爻鬲乇 賱丕 鬲賲賱賰 廿賱丕 兀賳 鬲爻兀賱 賳賮爻賰貙 賲丕 丕賱賲毓賳賶 賲賳 匕賱賰 賰賱賴責

賴賱 丕賱賯氐丞 亘卮禺賵氐賴丕 賵兀丨丿丕孬賴丕 丕賱睾乇丕卅亘賷丞 賴賶 賲噩乇丿 鬲毓亘賷乇 賵乇賲夭 賱兀賲乇賷賰丕 兀乇囟 丕賱毓噩丕卅亘 賵丕賱賲毓噩夭丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷賲賰賳賰 兀賳 鬲購卮丕賴丿 賮賷賴丕 兀賷 卮賶亍 賵賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷丨丿孬 賮賷賴丕 賰賱 卮賶亍責 賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲鬲賵賯毓 賲賳 賷乇鬲賮毓 睾丿丕購 賵賲賳 爻賷爻賯胤 丕賱賷賵賲. 兀亘胤丕賱 賱丕 賷卮賷禺賵賳 賵兀亘胤丕賱 賷賲賵鬲賵賳 賮噩兀丞 丿賵賳 鬲賵賯毓. 賵賲賳 賷爻賯胤貙 賱丿賷賴 丿丕卅賲丕賸 丕賱賮乇氐丞 賱賰賷 賷賯賮 賲乇丞 孬丕賳賷丞 賮賯胤 丕匕丕 丕乇丕丿 匕賱賰.

賱賲 賷禺購賮鬲 卮睾賮賷 賵賮囟賵賱賷 賱賱賯乇丕亍丞 賱賱賳賴丕賷丞 丨鬲賶 亘毓丿賲丕 賵氐賱鬲 賱賱賲賳鬲氐賮 賵賵噩丿鬲 兀賳賳賷 賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賲丕 賴丿賮 賲丕 賷噩乇賷 兀賲丕賲賷 賲賳 兀丨丿丕孬. 賮丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 鬲鬲胤賵乇 賵鬲鬲睾賷乇 賵賱賰賳 丕賱賯氐丞 賳賮爻賴丕 鬲賲囟賷 賮賷 丿丕卅乇丞 賱丕 賳賴丕卅賷丞 亘賷賳 毓賯丿丞 賵丨賱 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱毓賯丿丞 賰賮賷賱賲 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賲鬲賯賳 賵賱賰賳 亘賱丕 賲睾夭賶..

賵乇亘賲丕 賰丕賳 賴匕丕 賴丿賮 兀賵爻鬲乇 賱禺賱賯 鬲賱賰 丕賱賯氐丞. 乇亘賲丕 賯氐丿 兀賳 賷禺賱賯 丨賷丕丞 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷 丨賱賯丕鬲 賲賮乇睾丞 毓亘孬賷丞 丨鬲賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞. 亘胤賱 賷禺賵囟 丨賷丕丞 氐丕禺亘丞 爻丕丨乇丞 卮亘賷賴丞 亘丕賱賲賱丕丨賲 兀賵 丕賱兀爻丕胤賷乇貙 賮賯胤 賱賷賳鬲賴賷 廿賱賶 毓賷卮 丨賷丕丞 卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱毓丕丿賷丞. 卮禺氐 毓丕卮 丨賷丕丞 鬲賲丕孬賱 丨賷丕丞 賮乇丿 亘丕乇夭 賲賳 毓氐丕亘丕鬲 兀賱 賰丕亘賵賳賷 兀賵 丕賱爻丕丨乇 賴賵丿賷賳賷貙 賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 丨賷丕鬲賴 賰賲丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷 丨賷丕丞 賲賵馗賮 賮賷 卮乇賰丞 鬲兀賲賷賳丕鬲. 賵賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓 兀賳 丕毓乇賮 賴賱 賰丕賳 丕賱亘胤賱 "賵丕賱鬲" 乇丕囟賷丕 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 兀賲 賱丕責 賵乇亘賲丕 賴匕丕 賴賵 賲丕 兀夭毓噩賳賷.

賵氐賮 兀賵爻鬲乇 賰賰賱 爻賵丕亍 賱賱賲賰丕賳 賵丕賱夭賲賳 賵賰賱 賲丕 賷丨賷胤 丕賱兀亘胤丕賱 賲賳 賰賷丕賳賺 賲丕丿賷 賴賵 賲丿賴卮 賰賲丕 爻亘賯 賵賯賱鬲. 賵兀賰孬乇 賲丕 爻丨乇賳賷 賴賵 賵氐賮賴 賱賲卮丕賴丿 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 胤賷乇丕賳 "賵丕賱鬲" 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲丕孬賱 鬲賲丕賲丕 廿丨爻丕爻賷 賮賷 丕丨賱丕賲 丕賱賳賵賲 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞-賵兀毓乇賮 丕賳賴丕 兀丨賱丕賲 丕賱賰孬賷乇賷賳 睾賷乇賷- 亘丕賱胤賷乇丕賳. 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 亘丕賱禺賮丞 賵丕賱賳卮賵丞 賵丕賱丨乇賷丞.

兀馗賳 兀賳 賴匕丕 丕賱丨賱賲 賷乇丕賵丿 丕賱亘卮乇 噩賲賷毓賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賳賵賲. 兀賳 賷乇鬲賮毓賵丕 毓賳 賲賰丕賳 賵賯賵賮賴賲貙 兀賳 鬲噩匕亘賴賲 噩丕匕亘賷丞 丕賱爻賲丕亍 亘丿賱丕 賲賳 噩丕匕亘賷丞 丕賱兀乇囟貙 兀賳 賷賰賵賳賵丕 兀毓賱賶 賲賲賳 丨賵賱賴賲 賵兀賯丿乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賲丕 賷賴丿丿賴賲 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳馗乇賵賳 廿賱賶 丕賱禺胤乇 賲賳 丕賱兀毓賱賶 爻丕禺乇賷賳 賲賳賴 賲賳鬲卮賷賳 亘賳噩丕鬲賴賲. 廿丨爻丕爻 賱爻毓丕丿鬲賴 禺丿乇 賱丕 賳丨爻賴 廿賱丕 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱睾賮賵.

賵賱賴匕丕 鬲兀賱賲 "賵丕賱鬲" 兀卮丿 兀賱賲 毓賳丿賲丕 賮賯丿 賯丿乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱胤賷乇丕賳 賱丿乇噩丞 鬲賮賰賷乇賴 賮賷 丕賱鬲囟丨賷丞 亘噩夭亍 賲賳 噩爻丿賴 賰孬賲賳 賱毓賵丿丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱賯丿乇丞 丕賱禺丕乇賯丞.
賱丕 兀毓乇賮 廿匕丕 賰賳鬲 賲丨賯丞 賮賷 馗賳賷 亘兀賳 兀賵爻鬲乇 賰丕賳 賴丿賮賴 "丕賱廿亘賴丕乇" 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賯氐丞 兀賰孬乇 賲賲丕 賰丕賳 賷賴丿賮 廿賱賶 廿賷氐丕賱 賲毓賳賶 兀賵 賲睾夭賶 賵丕丨丿 兀賲 賱丕. 賱賰賳賷 賱賳 兀賳賰乇 丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓賷 丕賱卮丿賷丿 亘賴丕 賵賱賳 兀亘禺爻 兀賵爻鬲乇 丨賯賴 賮賷 丕賱廿卮丕丿丞 亘賯丿乇鬲賴 丕賱賲匕賴賱丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丕亘賴丕乇 賰賰丕鬲亘.
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445 reviews400 followers
April 16, 2024
Murakami vibes. Is Paul Auster one of those American writers who fail to make an impression on the European side, or did I just not pick up the right book?
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697 reviews202 followers
June 6, 2018
"螝伪蟿伪 尾伪胃慰蟼 未蔚谓 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠀蠅 慰蟿喂 伪蟺伪喂蟿蔚喂蟿伪喂 魏伪蟺慰喂慰 喂未喂伪喂蟿蔚蟻慰 蟿伪位蔚谓蟿慰 纬喂伪 谓'伪谓蠀蠄蠅胃蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚喂蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 蔚未伪锟斤拷慰蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 伪喂蠅蟻畏胃蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 伪蔚蟻伪.蟿慰 蔚蠂慰蠀渭蔚 慰位慰喂 渭蔚蟽伪 渭伪蟼-魏伪胃蔚 伪谓蟿蟻伪蟼, 纬蠀谓伪喂魏伪 魏伪喂 蟺伪喂未喂-魏伪喂 渭蔚 伪蟻魏蔚蟿畏 蟽魏位畏蟻畏 未慰蠀位蔚喂伪 魏伪喂 蟽蠀纬魏蔚谓蟿蟻蠅蟽畏 魏伪胃蔚 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺喂谓慰 蟺位伪蟽渭伪 蔚喂谓伪喂 喂魏伪谓慰 谓伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪位伪尾蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪胃位慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏伪谓伪 蠅蟼 螕慰蠀慰位蟿 蟿慰 螤伪喂未喂 螛伪蠀渭伪.蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚喂 谓伪 渭伪胃蔚喂蟼 蟺蠅蟼 谓伪 蟺伪蠀蔚喂蟼 谓伪 蔚喂蟽伪喂 慰 蔚伪蠀蟿慰蟼 蟽慰蠀.蔚魏蔚喂 伪蟻蠂喂味慰蠀谓 慰位伪 魏伪喂 魏伪胃蔚蟿喂 伪位位慰, 蔚蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚蟿伪.....
螝伪喂 蟿慰蟿蔚 蟽喂纬伪 蟽喂纬伪 尉蔚魏慰位伪蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 蔚未伪蠁慰蟼."

螒蠀蟿畏 蔚未蠅 位慰喂蟺慰谓 蔚喂谓伪喂 畏 蟺伪谓蔚渭慰蟻蠁畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚纬蟻伪蠄蔚 慰 伪纬伪蟺畏渭蔚谓慰蟼 渭慰蠀 Paul Auster (蟺慰蠀 慰蟺蠅蟼 蠁伪喂谓蔚蟿伪喂 慰喂 1200 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿喂 蠄喂位伪 蟽蔚位喂未蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 4 3 2 1 未蔚谓 畏蟿伪谓 伪蟻魏蔚蟿蔚蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭畏 渭慰蠀 位蔚喂蠄蔚喂 纬喂伪 蟺慰位蠀 魏伪喂蟻慰)纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 螕慰蠀慰位蟿, 蔚谓伪 慰蟻蠁伪谓慰 伪纬慰蟻喂 蟺慰蠀 伪蟻魏蔚蟿伪 谓蠅蟻喂蟼 蟽蟿畏 味蠅畏 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿畏 渭蔚蠂蟻喂 蟿慰蟿蔚 渭蔚纬伪位畏 伪蟿蠀蠂喂伪 蟿慰蠀, 蟽蟿伪胃畏魏蔚 伪蟻魏蔚蟿伪 蟿蠀蠂蔚蟻慰蟼 谓伪 纬谓蠅蟻喂蟽蔚喂 蟿慰谓 渭蔚谓蟿慰蟻伪 蟿慰蠀.蟿慰谓 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰 伪蠀蟿慰谓 蟺慰蠀 慰位慰喂 渭伪蟼 蔚蠀蠂慰渭伪蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 纬谓蠅蟻喂蟽慰蠀渭蔚 魏伪蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭畏 蟽蟿畏 味蠅畏 渭伪蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻蔚蟽慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 蟺慰蠀渭蔚 纬喂伪蠀蟿慰谓 慰蟿喂 渭伪蟼 伪位位伪尉蔚 蟿蔚位蔚喂蠅蟼 蟿畏 味蠅畏.慰 渭蔚谓蟿慰蟻伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 螕慰蠀慰位蟿 蟿慰蠀 魏伪谓蔚喂 蟿慰 渭蔚纬伪位蠀蟿蔚蟻慰 未蠅蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 魏慰蟽渭慰蠀: 蟿慰谓 渭伪胃伪喂谓蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蔚蟿伪蔚喂.魏伪喂 蟿慰蟿蔚 慰 螕慰蠀慰位蟿 纬谓蠅蟻喂味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟺慰位蠀蟿畏 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂喂伪 , 纬谓蠅蟻喂味慰谓蟿伪蟼 慰蟿喂 谓伪喂, 慰喂 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠀谓 慰谓蟿蠅蟼 谓伪 尉蔚魏慰位位畏蟽慰蠀谓 蟿伪 蟺慰未喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 蔚未伪蠁慰蟼, 伪位位伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟺慰位蠀蟿畏 伪蟺慰纬慰畏蟿蔚蠀蟽畏 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓慰未蔚蠀蔚喂 伪蠀蟿畏 蟿畏 纬谓蠅蟽畏: 慰蟿喂 渭慰谓慰 慰蟽慰 渭蔚谓蔚喂蟼 蔚魏蔚喂 蠄畏位伪, 伪蠀蟿伪 蟿伪 位喂纬伪 位蔚蟺蟿伪, 渭蟺慰蟻蔚喂蟼 谓伪 蔚喂蟽伪喂 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂喂蟽渭蔚谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 慰蟿喂 慰蟿伪谓 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿蟻蔚蠁蔚喂蟼 尉伪谓伪 蟽蟿畏 纬畏, 蟿慰 蟺位畏蟻蠅谓蔚喂蟼 渭蔚 蟺慰谓慰.
螘谓伪 蠀蟺蔚蟻慰蠂慰 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠀胃喂 纬喂伪 渭蔚纬伪位慰蠀蟼 , 渭蔚 蟺伪谓蔚渭慰蟻蠁慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂蟽渭慰蠀蟼 .纬喂伪 伪位位畏 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻伪 慰 Auster 渭蔚 蔚魏蟺位畏蟽蟽蔚喂 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿伪.蠀蟽蟿蔚蟻伪 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽畏 蟿慰蟽蠅谓 尾喂尾位喂蠅谓 蟿慰蠀, 伪魏慰渭畏 未蔚 渭蟺慰蟻蠅 谓伪 蟿慰谓 魏伪蟿伪蟿伪尉蠅 蟽蔚 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚伪 蔚谓慰蟼 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭蔚谓慰蠀 蔚喂未慰蠀蟼 .魏伪胃蔚 尾喂尾位喂慰 蟿慰蠀 蔚喂谓伪喂 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏畏 蔚魏蟺位畏尉畏 , 渭蔚 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭蔚谓慰 谓伪 渭蟺伪喂谓蔚喂 蔚蠀魏慰位伪 蟽蟿伪 魏伪位蠀蟿蔚蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蔚蠂蠅 未喂伪尾伪蟽蔚喂.
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932 reviews2,682 followers
July 15, 2021
CRITIQUE:

Rogues' Gallery

I don't quite know how to categorise this novel, but I definitely enjoyed every word of it.

I came to it with an expectation that it would be an exercise in post-modernism. This is only true to the extent that it mimics a traditional or conventional style of novel. At one level, it's an historical novel. At another, it's a fictional memoir. It's also somewhat picaresque. But then...

My first reaction was to try to work out what authors or works it reminded me of. The ones that eventually came to mind were Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, John Barth, Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Moorcock, "The Adventures of Augie March" and "Ragtime".

The main characters (and there are many of them) constitute a rogues鈥� gallery, and could each have been the subject of their own novel. Their descriptions are enticing, if not outright hilarious.

A Street Kid with His Eye on the Main Chance

The narrator is Walter (Walt) Clairborne Rawley. He was born in 1915. At the age of nine, after having been orphaned and living unhappily with his aunt and Uncle Slim in Saint Louis, he is lured away by Master Yehudi, who promises to teach him how to fly within three years.

The master is an Hungarian Jew, whose father and grandfather were both rabbis. Walt initially thinks of him as the King of the Gypsies and the Prince of Blackness, and tries to escape his clutches.

Early on, the master calls Walt a "pus-brained ragamuffin from honky-tonk row". Walt thinks of himself at age nine as "a city boy who had grown up with jazz in his blood, [and] a street kid with his eye on the main chance...a boogie-toed prankster, a midget scatman with a quick tongue and a hundred angles...a fiery little dunce...a know-it-all...a selfish ingrate...a tough little bugger...a no-good bum...a born outlaw."

Walt's life changes so much, it's never clear what his true identity is. Equally, he never achieves any form of authenticity, beyond the self that emerges from his memoir, which in truth is a (magical) work of the imagination, of Paul Auster, at least.

The master receives financial support for his project from his "high class" paramour, a "tough broad" and a "skinny wench", the "widow lady" Marion Witherspoon, "a beautiful woman with red hair." For fans of Michael Moorcock, she reminded me a lot of an attractive Mrs Cornelius.

A Placid Wave of Nothingness

Walt describes his first experience of levitation like this: "I was weightless inside my own body, floating on a placid wave of nothingness, utterly detached and indifferent to the world around me."

He didn't fly like Superman, he hovered, "motionless and aloft." He works on the art of loft and locomotion, until the master deems him ready for the world of show business. Locomotion was "a dreamlike walking through air that was essentially no different from walking on the ground." By the age of 12, he's able to walk on water. Soon, he can rise vertically, just as the reader has learned to suspend disbelief. They call him "Walt the Wonder Boy", though he is no mere trickster or charlatan ("no wires, no mirrors, no trapdoor...There鈥檚 no gimmick."), and soon he's on the vaudeville circuit, accumulating a fortune between the three of them.

The public attention means that Walt must endure an encounter with the Ku Klux Klan, a kidnapping and a near fatal attempt to overturn their car on the highway. "So be it."

But Walt's ultimate downfall is puberty and his growing interest in the pleasure of his pecker. He walks away from his act, intending to work in Hollywood, but his plan doesn鈥檛 eventuate. Instead, he ends up starting a glamorous nightclub in Chicago (from which comes the title of the novel, "Mr. Vertigo's") in cahoots with the Mafia. Here, he learns that "when a man comes to the end of the line, the only thing he really wants is death." The war intervenes and he spends four years in the army, after he loses his financial interest in the nightclub. On his return from active service, he settles into domesticity, although he never has any children. His pursuit of the American Dream has come to a conclusion. "So it goes."

A Flight of Fancy

Walt eventually sits down to write his book. His advice to readers is, "With enough hard work and concentration, every human being is capable of duplicating the feats I accomplished as Walt the Wonder Boy. You must learn to stop being yourself...You must let yourself evaporate...and then shut your eyes. That's how it's done...Like so."



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Profile Image for 尝耻铆蝉.
2,273 reviews1,180 followers
November 11, 2023
That's an initiatory novel, a philosophical tale mixing wonder, realism, and history.
Many adventures in this novel mix different genres, as often with Paul Auster.
Master Yehudi, who promised to teach Walt to fly even if it would not be like birds, took him. After a problematic apprenticeship, he simultaneously succeeded as Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic. Soon, terrible headaches and dizziness prevent Walt from continuing on this path, and his life will take other paths. After this first part, in a marvelous or magical realism style (because we also come across the odious K.K.K), childhood and youth end, and the novel becomes more realistic. This novel evokes America from the 1920s to 1992 (the date on which the old hero writes his memoirs), that of jazz, gangsters, cinema, the America of wide open spaces, remote towns, and big cities. It is also a philosophical tale in which man pushes his limits beyond what appeared possible.

Excellent vintage Paul Auster.
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163 reviews85 followers
August 15, 2018
Ho creduto ad una bellissima favola , poteva rappresentare Il Peter Pan prima di diventare Famoso, invece 猫 Walt il Bambino Prodigio. 脠 un levitatore di quelli veri, non certo un ciarlatano.
Non crediate per貌 che imparare a volare per lui sia stata una passeggiata; niente di pi霉 falso.
Dietro un tale prodigio tre anni di fatica, sudore, panico e talmente tanto terrore da far somigliare l'addestramento al volo a un indimenticabile soggiorno negli inferi .
Il tutto sotto la guida di Yehudi, un ebreo ungherese, sarcastico, cortese, appassionato di Spinoza, maestro di volo e di vita per il piccolo Walt.
Leggendo questo libro, crederete come me che Walt Rawley sia realmente esistito, che il bambino "pi霉 piccolo, pi霉 sozzo, abbia davvero raggiunto la fama levitando a qualche palmo e pi霉 da terra, che abbia poi sperimentato di nuovo la vita " normale" e si sia rialzato sulle proprie gambe.
Tutto 猫 tremendamente reale: 猫 reale la terra con i suoi pericoli e le sue ombre, ed 猫 reale l'aria minata di insidie e gravit脿.
Ogni luce ha un'ombra, e a questa verit脿 猫 impossibile sfuggire.
Lo stesso Auster ci dice che volare non 猫 poi cos矛 difficile e si pu貌 cadere stando a mezz'aria, cos矛 come si pu貌 ruzzolare stando con i piedi per terra.
In qualunque modo e in qualunque momento ci si ritrovi a terra, bisogna conservare la propria Dignit脿 sempre, anche quando 猫 il far della notte a sorprendere. 脠 cos矛 che Auster non mi ha deluso la sua storia scorre come un dialogo diretto tra il lettore e il protagonista. Da leggere
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292 reviews204 followers
September 3, 2017
螆蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 慰 蠂位苇渭蟺慰蠀蟻伪蟼 蟽蟿慰 蟽蟺委蟿喂 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 蟿慰谓 Auster 蟺维谓蠅 蟽蟿慰 蟿蟻伪蟺苇味喂, 渭慰蠀 蟻委蠂谓蔚喂 渭喂伪 伪蟺蠈 魏蔚委谓蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 渭伪蟿喂苇蟼 鈥樝€慰蟿伪蟺蠈 蟽魏慰蠀位萎魏喂 蟿畏蟼 纬畏蟼鈥� 魏伪喂 渭慰蠀 位苇蔚喂 芦魏伪位维, Auster 未喂伪尾维味蔚喂蟼; 螣 蟿蠉蟺慰蟼 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪 谓伪 蟺蔚喂, 蟿伪 蔚委蟺蔚 渭喂伪, 蟿伪 蔚委蟺蔚 未蠀慰, 蟺伪蟻维蟿畏蟽蔚 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 魏伪喂 蟺伪喂未喂维 蟿维蠂伪 纬喂伪 谓鈥櫸蔽轿蔽何蔽幌嵪埼滴� 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 渭伪蟼 蟿伪 鈥樜何蔽轿� 蟿慰蠉渭蟺伪谓伪, 纬蟻维蠁慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿伪 委未喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿伪 委未喂伪鈥β�
韦喂 谓伪 蟺慰蠀 魏喂 蔚纬蠋 蟿慰蠀 蠂位苇渭蟺慰蠀蟻伪, 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 魏伪喂 未委魏喂慰 谓伪 鈥樝囄滴�, 蠈渭蠅蟼 蔚纬蠋 蟿蠋蟻伪 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蠅 蟿畏谓 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏萎, 蟿慰谓 Auster 萎胃蔚位伪 谓伪 蟺蠅, 魏喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蠅鈥� 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿喂, 伪谓 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 伪位位维 蟿蟻委伪 未喂魏维 蟿慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蟺蔚胃维谓蠅 魏喂 伪蟺蠈 overdose 伪位位维 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蠈谓, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰 未蔚喂蟼 萎蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 伪谓伪魏维位蠀蠄畏 纬喂伪 渭苇谓伪鈥�
螣 螕慰蠀蠈位蟿 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 伪未苇蟽蟺慰蟿慰 慰蟻蠁伪谓蠈 (蠈蟺蠅蟼 位苇蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰 慰蟺喂蟽胃蠈蠁蠀位位慰 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟽伪谓 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪谓苇谓伪 伪未苇蟽蟺慰蟿慰 蟽魏蠀位委) 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 渭伪味蔚蠉蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 未蟻蠈渭慰 慰 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼 螕蔚蠂慰蠀谓蟿委 蟺慰蠀 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 渭喂伪 未喂未伪蟽魏伪位委伪 鈥� 蟺蟻伪魏蟿喂魏萎 鈥� 渭蠉畏蟽畏 蟿蟻喂伪谓蟿伪蟿蟻喂蠋谓 蟽蟿伪未委蠅谓 蟿慰谓 渭蔚蟿伪蟿蟻苇蟺蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 鈥樝€伪喂未委 胃伪蠉渭伪鈥�, 蟿慰谓 Mr Vertigo, 蔚位位畏谓喂蟽蟿委 蟿慰谓 魏蠉蟻喂慰 螉位喂纬纬慰. 螣 蟺喂蟿蟽喂蟻喂魏维蟼 蟺蔚蟿维蔚喂 魏喂 蠈蟿伪谓 位苇渭蔚 蟺蔚蟿维蔚喂, 蟺蔚蟿维蔚喂 魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏蠋蟼 蟽伪谓 蟿慰 鈥樝€伪喂未委 伪蔚蟻慰蟺位维谓慰鈥�, 鈥樝€伪喂未委 蟺慰蠀位委鈥� 鈥樝€伪喂未委 蟺蔚蟿维渭蔚谓慰鈥� 魏喂 苇蟿蟽喂 伪蟻蠂委味蔚喂 畏 纬蠉蟻伪 蟽蟿畏谓 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏萎 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭伪味苇蠄慰蠀谓 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼 魏伪喂 渭伪胃畏蟿萎蟼 蠁蟻维纬魏伪, 蟺慰位锟斤拷维 蠁蟻维纬魏伪. 螝喂 蔚谓蠋 蠈位伪 尾伪委谓慰蠀谓 魏伪位蠋蟼, 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎, 蔚魏蔚委 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚蠁畏尾蔚委伪 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁萎谓蔚喂蟼 蟿畏谓 蟺伪喂未喂魏萎 畏位喂魏委伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂蟼 蔚谓萎位喂魏伪蟼, 魏维胃蔚 蟺蟿萎蟽畏 喂蟽慰未蠀谓伪渭蔚委 渭蔚 伪蟺委蟽蟿蔚蠀蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺慰谓慰魏蔚蠁维位慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 畏 位蠉蟽畏 蔚委谓伪喂 渭委伪. 螇 蟺伪蟻伪蟿维蟼 蟿慰 蟺苇蟿伪纬渭伪 未喂伪 蟺伪谓蟿蠈蟼 萎 魏蠈尾蔚喂蟼 蟿鈥櫸毕€伪蠀蟿维 蟽慰蠀 (未蔚谓 渭慰蠀 蔚蟺喂蟿蟻苇蟺蔚喂 畏 魏伪位萎 渭慰蠀 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蠁萎 谓伪 蟿慰 蟺蠅) 魏喂 苇蟿蟽喂 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂委蟽蔚喂蟼 谓伪 蟺蔚蟿维蟼 渭喂伪 味蠅萎.
韦喂 魏维谓蔚喂蟼 蟿蠋蟻伪 ; 螘蟺喂位苇纬蔚喂蟼 蠂蟻萎渭伪 魏伪喂 未蠈尉伪 渭蔚 慰蠀蟻维 萎 蟿鈥櫸毕€伪蠀蟿维 蟽慰蠀 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟺畏未维蟼 魏伪喂 魏伪渭喂维 纬魏蠈渭蔚谓伪; 螣 螕慰蠀蠈位蟿 未蔚谓 蟿慰 蟽魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉, 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭维 蟿畏谓 蔚谓畏位喂魏委蠅蟽畏, 未畏位伪未萎 蟿伪 鈥樜毕€伪蠀蟿维鈥� 蟿慰蠀 魏喂 苇蟿蟽喂 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿蟻苇蠁蔚喂 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 伪蟼 蟿慰 蟺慰蠉渭蔚 谓慰蟻渭维位 味蠅萎.
螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 蟽伪谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 伪蟺鈥櫹屜€慰蠀 魏喂 伪谓 蟿畏谓 蟺喂维蟽蔚喂蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委蠂蔚 魏伪渭喂维 伪渭维谓 蟺位慰魏萎, 慰蠉蟿蔚 魏维谓伪 蟽伪蟽蟺苇谓蟼, 慰蠉蟿蔚 魏伪谓 魏伪谓苇谓伪 纬伪渭维蟿慰 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻维蠁畏渭伪. 螚 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 Auster 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭慰蠀 蟺萎纬伪喂谓蔚 蟺慰位蠉, 蔚委蠂蔚 蟻蠀胃渭蠈 魏伪喂 渭慰蠀蟽喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 (蟺蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 苇魏伪谓蔚 魏伪位萎 未慰蠀位蔚喂维 魏喂 畏 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蟻维蟽蟿蟻喂伪) 魏伪喂 渭蔚 畏蟻蔚渭慰蠉蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 畏 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀.
螤委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚喂蟻苇蟼, 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 谓伪 未蔚喂蟼, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 渭蠈谓喂渭慰 胃苇渭伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂慰蠀谓 慰喂 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏维谓慰喂 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 位蔚蠀魏慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 渭伪蠉蟻慰蠀蟼, 蟿慰 魏蠀谓萎纬喂 蟿慰蠀 蠂蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼, 蟿畏蟼 未蠈尉伪蟼, 畏 蠂蔚喂蟻伪蠁苇蟿畏蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 纬蠀谓伪喂魏蠋谓, 魏伪喂 位委纬慰 蟺伪蟻伪蟽魏萎谓喂慰鈥�
螝喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 苇谓伪 魏慰渭渭维蟿喂, 蔚魏蔚委 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 胃蟻蠉位慰 蟿慰蠀 渭蟺苇喂味渭蟺慰位, 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟺喂慰 尾伪蟻蔚蟿蠈 蟺蟻维纬渭伪 谓伪 蟽慰蠀 渭喂位维蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 维胃位畏渭伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪 蟿蠈蟽伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 渭慰蠀, 蟿慰 渭蠈谓慰 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 魏伪蟿伪位维尾蔚喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 魏蟻伪蟿维谓蔚 苇谓伪 渭蟺伪蟽蟿慰蠉谓喂 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 渭蟺维位伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蟿蟽喂 魏伪喂 蟽慰蠀 蝿蟻胃蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 魏蔚蠁维位喂 蟺伪蟼 魏伪蟿蔚蠀胃蔚委伪谓 蟽蟿慰谓 伪纬蠉蟻喂蟽蟿慰, 魏伪喂 位苇蠅 鈥樜滴较勎疚滴� 蟻蔚 蠁委位蔚, 蟿慰 鈥樝囄迪兾迪傗€�.
螌渭蠅蟼 蠁蟿维谓蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼, 魏喂 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 蟿苇位慰蟼, 伪蟼 蟿慰 蟺慰蠉渭蔚 蠁喂位慰蟽慰蠁喂魏蠈谓, 伪蟺蠈 蔚魏蔚委谓伪 蟺慰蠀 渭鈥櫸毕佄兾肯呂�, 蟺慰蠀 渭慰蠀 胃蠉渭喂蟽蔚 魏伪喂 慰位委纬慰谓 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 芦危喂谓蟿维蟻蟿伪禄 蟿慰蠀 螆蟽蟽蔚, 蟺蠅蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 尾蟻蔚喂蟼 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟽慰蠀, 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰喂 萎 纬委谓蔚 魏喂 蔚蟽蠉 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚蟺蠈渭蔚谓畏 纬蔚谓喂维 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿喂蟼 谓苇蔚蟼 渭蔚胃蠈未慰蠀蟼. 螌蟽慰 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟺蔚喂蟼, 蟿慰 谓伪 蠂蠅胃蠋 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蠂蠋渭伪 渭蝿苇谓伪 魏伪位伪渭维魏喂 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭维胃蠅 谓伪 蟺蔚蟿维蠅, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 纬喂伪 渭苇谓伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽苇蟻谓慰渭伪喂 蠈位畏 渭苇蟻伪 蟽蟿畏 纬畏, 蟿慰 尾位苇蟺蠅 慰位委纬慰谓 未蠉蟽魏慰位慰.
螒谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪 纬蔚渭维蟿慰 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼, 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪 蔚谓畏位喂魏委蠅蟽畏蟼, 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪 渭蔚 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽蔚 蟿伪尉喂未蔚蠉蔚喂鈥�
螠慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 畏 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蔚蟺伪蠁萎 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 Auster鈥� 螛伪 蟿慰谓 尉伪谓伪未慰魏喂渭维蟽蠅鈥�

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January 28, 2020
[3.8] I am puzzled and bemused. This is a messy novel that is at times bizarre, conventional, thrilling, pedestrian. There is a boy named Walt, he is taken under the wing of Master Yehudi and learns to fly with no contraptions; he grows up and has several other adventures including a weird thing with a baseball player; then he lives a conventional life and then...well you have to read it. It helps to love the way Auster thinks and writes. And I do.
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May 17, 2018
鈥淏asta smettere di essere se stessi. 脠 da l矛 che si comincia; tutto il resto viene di conseguenza. Bisogna lasciarsi svaporare鈥�

鈽呪槄鈽呪槄陆

E' noto che l鈥�incipit di un romanzo debba contenerne i tratti salienti:
tutte quelle informazioni che ci permettono di tracciare un percorso e ci consentano di addentrarci nei meandri della storia.
Come un biglietto da vista, insomma, l鈥�incipit deve contenere informazioni generali ma precise.

Ecco dunque come si presenta la storia di 鈥淢r Vertigo鈥�:


鈥� Avevo dodici anni la prima volta che camminai sulle acque. A insegnarmi il trucco fu l鈥檜omo vestito di nero e non sarebbe da me far finta di aver imparato nel giro di una notte. Maestro Yehudi, che mi aveva trovato quando di anni ne avevo solo nove, ero orfano e vagavo per le strade di Saint Louis mendicando spiccioli, mi aveva addestrato per tre anni di seguito prima di lasciarmi esibire i miei numeri in pubblico. Correva il 1927, l鈥檃nno di Baby Ruth e di Charles Lindbergh, proprio l鈥檃nno in cui la notte incominci貌 a calare sul mondo una volta per tutte. Tenni duro fino a pochi giorni prima del crollo d鈥檕ttobre, e quel che facevo era pi霉 strabiliante di qualunque fantastica impresa dei due galantuomini appena nominati. Vale a dire, ci貌 che nessun americano aveva fatto prima e ci貌 che da allora pi霉 nessuno ha fatto.
Maestro Yehudi scelse me perch茅 ero il pi霉 piccolo, il pi霉 sozzo, l鈥檜ltimo dei miserabili. - Sei come una bestia, - disse, - uno scampolo di umana nullit脿 -.鈥�


Fate come me e non leggete la sinossi riportata in quarta di copertina perch茅 vi assicuro che dice troppo e vi rovina la lettura.
Fatevi, invece, trasportare da questa storia che arriva a toccare il cielo come la pi霉 profonda terra.
Questa 猫 la vita del piccolo Walt che dai marciapiedi di Saint Louis si eleva ad altezze insperate e si fa uomo attraverso un sali e scendi di avvenimenti.

Una favola per i suoi elementi fantastici dove, non a caso, il migliore amico di Walt si chiama Esopo.
Ma Auster sembra quasi voler dire che se la Letteratura pu貌 condurci in altre dimensioni non deve comunque dimenticare di essere strumento di riflessione sul reale.
Volare e ritornare coi piedi per terra.
Essere ambiziosi, godere di una propria supposta superiorit脿 ma rimanendo ancorati a se stessi alla propria umanit脿, alla propria umilt脿.
Un romanzo di formazione e trasformazione.
Perch茅 se la materia pu貌 assumere diversi stati anche un鈥檈sistenza pu貌 essere multiforme.


鈥� - Ti sforzi troppo, - mi disse Esopo un pomeriggio. - Sei tanto logorato dal tuo stesso senso di giustizia, che non vedi pi霉 tutto quello che hai intorno. E se non vedi le cose che hai sotto il naso, non potrai mai guardare te stesso e scoprire chi sei.
- Ma io lo so chi sono, - dissi io. - Voglio vedere chi 猫 capace di portami via anche questo.鈥�
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731 reviews108 followers
December 19, 2018
Uma das coisas que gosto nos livros de Paul Auster 茅 a habilidade com que mistura o quotidiano mais comezinho com acontecimentos irreais, de uma forma t茫o natural que pareceria imposs铆vel poder funcionar, n茫o se tratando de um livro de fantasia ou fic莽茫o cient铆fica. E foi isso mesmo que ele fez mais uma vez neste Mr. Vertigo, que li com imenso prazer do princ铆pio ao fim.
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August 8, 2023
賲噩乇丿 亘噩毓丞 賲丿賴卮丞 睾胤爻鬲 賮賷 胤賷 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳

丕爻鬲賲鬲毓 丿丕卅賲丕 亘氐丨亘丞 亘賵賱 丕賵爻鬲乇 貙 賮賴賵 丕丨丿 丕賮囟賱 丕賱賯氐丕氐賷賳 賮賷 乇丕賷賷 貙 賱賰賳賴 丕賲乇賷賰賷 噩丿丕 賲賯賷丿 亘丕賱丕乇囟 貙 丕鬲賲賳賶 賱賵 賷丨賱賯 賵賱賵 賲乇丞 賲孬賱 賵丕賱鬲 丕賱毓噩賷亘 賮賴賵 賷爻鬲丨賯
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May 23, 2013
'I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water. The man in the black clothes taught me how to do it, and I'm not going to pretend I learned that trick overnight.

Mr. Vertigo is the story of Walter Rawley, who recounts how at the age of nine he made a pact with the man who promised to teach him how to fly. Master Yehudi spotted young Walt on the streets of Saint Louis, sweeping the foul-mouthed and lonely kid off the ground with his promise. Yehudi swears that if he fails to teach Walt how to fly by his thirteenth birthday he can hop off his head with an axe. After weighing his options young Walt decides to take the risk and go away with Yehudi, rather than live a gloomy life of an orphan on the streets Saint Louis. The year was 1927, just two years short of the stock market crash which started the Depression - the year of Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh, the precise year when night started to fall on the world forever.

Walt is taken by Master Yehudi to a farm in a remote region of rural Kansas, the big sky country - far away from everywhere, but not lonely. Yehudi introduces him to Aesop, a young black cripple of extraordinary intelligence for whom he predicts great things, and Mother Sioux - his housekeeper and a grandniece of Chief Sitting Bull. Being the kid that he is Walk soon tries to run away from his education, but no matter where he goes he always finds Master Yehudi waiting for him with a smile. Realizing that he cannot escape, Walt surrenders and gives himself in to Master Yehudi's Flight course in 33 stages. Yehudi believes that people are not able to lift themselves off the ground because they were taught that such things are impossible, and that only those tainted with little education can overcome their personal disbelief. Yehudi's lessons are hard physical and psychological trials, which include having Walt chop off a part his little finger to show his devotion, and have him to survive the horror of being buried alive to crush his spirit and hope. Only then, Master Yehudi believes, will Walt be able to let go of what he was, defy gravity and lift himself off the ground. Walt manages this in unexpected circumstances, and his new life takes off - he becomes Walt the WonderBoy, and walks on water for the first time in the same year that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic.

Mr. Vertigo can be divided into two halves. The first part, where Walt meets Master Yehudi and lives with him and his companions in his Kansas estate is engrossing and full of mystery and a sense of wonder. Rural Kansas is far away from Disney's Neverland, and mastering the art of flight is a process full of hardships for young and unruly child that Walt is at the beginning of the novel. Walt is a strong willed, know-all street smart kid, not unlike Mark Twain's Huck Finn, irritated and fascinated by the inscrutable Master Yehudi whom he can't figure out. Walt's determination turns into a strange loyalty to Master Yehudi, and eventually becomes genuine devotion and admiration.

The second part which takes takes Walt across the country in with his flying theatrics remains captivating, but loses the joy of discovery that the first one had. Despite being fantastical it has an air of more seriousness, which is obviously understandable as Walt matures and learns more about people around him. As Walt soars higher into the air, characters which previously seemed to be larger than life are stripped from the cloak of mystery surrounding them and revealed as frail and fractured. Although this reversal serves its purpose, the sense of mystery which made the first part so readable is largely diminished. Walt's life remains adventurous, full of rumble and tumble of the 20th century and an evolving nation with its famous people and places, but there's a sense of loss penetrating the pages - it's unavoidable as characters and people mature and sometimes make bad decisions which have their consequences and can flip their lives on its head. Mr. Vertigo is as much about being able to move on after suffering a loss of something important as it is from being able to embrace it in the first place.

For such a short novel (it's under 300 pages), Mr. Vertigo is reasonably succesful, given the fact that it's Paul Auster's clearest attempt at writing a picaresque novel, with a likable rogue protagonist and a cast of memorable supporting character together with seamless employment of different themes which aim to mirror the development of a whole nation - and a great opening line to boot. Not much to dislike here, but possibly much pleasure to be found within its pages.

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May 11, 2024

Paul Benjamin Auster (1947 - 2024)

Apesar de ter muitos livros de Paul Auster na minha estante (11), s贸 depois do an煤ncio da morte da 煤ltima 鈥渆strela鈥� da Literatura Americana 茅 que decidi iniciar-me na sua obra, come莽ando por Mr. Vertigo, atra铆da pela sinopse intrigante e pela reputa莽茫o do romance como uma das obras mais cativantes de Auster.

脡 uma hist贸ria que mergulha nas profundezas da alma humana, explora temas como identidade, amadurecimento e a busca pelo significado da vida.

Quando passamos muito tempo a olhar para o rosto de algu茅m, acabamos por ter a sensa莽茫o de que estamos a olhar para n贸s pr贸prios.

Estamos em 1924, e Walt Rawley, um 贸rf茫o de 9 anos de idade que vive nas ruas de Nova York durante a Grande Depress茫o, 茅 recrutado por um misterioso homem chamado Mestre Yehudi para aprender a arte do voo.

N茫o vales mais do que um animal. Se continuares assim, n茫o chegar谩s vivo ao fim do Inverno. Se vieres comigo, ensinar-te-ei a voar.

Walt aceita a proposta e segue com o Mestre Yehudi para uma quinta isolada de tudo.

Estamos no Kansas. E podes crer que, em toda a tua vida, nunca viste uma terra mais plana nem mais desolada.

Os primeiros tempos n茫o s茫o f谩ceis, e como todos os mi煤dos, ele 茅 rebelde e tem grande resist锚ncia a ser educado. Na quinta, Walt faz amizade com um mi煤do negro, Esopo, que adora estudar e tem um conhecimento prodigioso, e ganha afei莽茫o por M茫e Sioux, neta de Sitting Bull.
Depois de ultrapassadas as primeiras dificuldades, Walt finalmente consegue completar os 33 degraus e acaba por levitar.

Tinha doze anos quando caminhei sobre as 谩guas pela primeira vez. Foi o homem de preto quem me ensinou a fazer isso e n茫o vou p么r-me para aqui com hist贸rias e dizer que aprendi o truque da noite para o dia.

Ap贸s um ataque do Ku Klux Klan, Walt e Yehudi partem numa digress茫o pelos Estados Unidos, e a partir daqui o romance avan莽a rapidamente. Assistimos 脿 ascens茫o e queda do seu espect谩culo, 脿 carreira como gangster, 脿 abertura do seu nightclub Mr. Vertigo e ao regresso a Wichita onde volta a encontrar Mrs. Witherspoon.

Em Mr. Vertigo, Auster convida-nos a voar al茅m das fronteiras da realidade, onde a 煤nica queda 茅 a da pr贸pria alma, livre para desbravar os c茅us da imagina莽茫o.

脡 a铆 que a coisa come莽a 鈥� tudo o mais vem por acr茅scimo. Temos de nos deixar evaporar. Temos de deixar que os nossos m煤sculos amole莽am, temos de respirar at茅 sentirmos a nossa alma a escoar-se de n贸s, e, depois, 茅 s贸 fechar os olhos. 脡 assim que se faz. O vazio dentro do nosso corpo torna-se mais leve do que o ar 脿 nossa volta. A pouco e pouco, come莽amos a pesar menos do que nada. Fechamos os olhos; estendemos os bra莽os; deixamo-nos evaporar. E ent茫o, a pouco e pouco, erguemo-nos do ch茫o.
Assim.


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鬲亘賯賶 廿卮丕丿丞 賵丕噩亘丞 亘丕賱賲乇賰夭 丕賱賯賵賲賷 賱賱鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕丨亘 丕賱賮囟賱 賮賷 鬲賵賮賷乇 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱亘丿賷毓丞 賱賯乇丕亍 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 乇睾賲 氐丿賵乇賴丕 賲賳匕 賲丕 賷賯乇亘 賲賳 毓卮乇賷賳 毓丕賲丕賸貙 賵鬲賵賮賷乇賴丕 亘爻毓乇 賲毓賯賵賱 (52 噩賳賷賴) 賲毓 丕賱兀禺匕 賮賷 丕賱丕毓鬲亘丕乇 丨賯賵賯 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱賰亘賷乇 賵丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱噩賷丿丞 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 賱賱禺氐賵賲丕鬲 丕賱賰亘賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賯丿賲賴丕 丕賱賲乇賰夭 毓賳丿 丕賱卮乇丕亍 賲賳 賲賯乇賴 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷 亘丿丕乇 丕賱兀賵亘乇丕 (30% 鬲氐賱 賱50% 賱賱胤賱亘丞)貙 賵賴賵 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲賯丕亘賱 夭賴賷丿 賱賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞.
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87 reviews57 followers
July 10, 2016
Hmmm. Three Paul Auster books under my belt and all three I have awarded 3 stars. I had higher hopes for this one. In fact I would go so far to say I loved the first third of the book. 'Tis a page-turning romp all about Walt, a poorly orphan, who is plucked from his destiny to fulfil another鈥檚, that of Master Yehudi. For the Master has been searching all his life for the one boy he could teach to fly.

A punishing, almost sadistic training schedule begins, for the Master must break Walt in order to start him all over again. All good so far. The house in which the Master lives, profit from his days of gambling, is a nowhere-place on the bleak prairies of Kansas. The other inhabitants are Mother Sue (Sioux) and Aesop, a crippled Ethiopian taught to be a terribly proper genius in the English tradition.

Not long after this the story starts to lose its way for me. There were kind-of unexpected premature deaths. There was a boy who could fly. An uncle eager for this golden goose, that plotted revenge and turned up in kind-of unexpected moments. It was all kind-of unexpected. It felt, to me, that the author did not know where to go.

But it was the part with Walt as an adult running his own business that I found yawnsome and pointless. The story of him and his favourite baseball player was鈥� God, it was terrible. 鈥榁ertigo鈥�? The latter third of the book is more like 鈥楽erpigo.鈥�
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2,811 reviews1,430 followers
June 27, 2016
I listened to more than half of this and could stand it no longer.

The audiobook narration by Kevin Pariseau is perfectly fine. I have no complaints whatsoever on this account. It is the book itself I had trouble with.

-It is about a boy who can fly. There is absolutely no way I can deal with the fantasy of this.
-I detested the crude, vulgar language. Farts and defecating and continuous swearing.
-The plot is simplistic.
-The details of the time and setting are minimal. This is not historical fiction. You learn zero.
-I feel nothing for any of the characters.
-If there is humor, well I didn't see it.

I don't believe this book can possibly come to a meaningful conclusion. Yeah I could be wrong, but actually for me the passage through a book is more important than how it concludes.

I don't usually dump books, but this is an exception to the rule. Read it at your own risk.

4 stars
2 stars
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357 reviews89 followers
February 4, 2018
SIORE E SIORI ...ecco a voi Walt,il bambino prodigio...

La storia 猫 avvincente e commovente,
con molti colpi di scena, voli eccezionali e cadute dolorose
e i personaggi straordinari, fuori dal comune:
Esopo,il ragazzino nero, esile e deforme,dalla brillante intelligenza, l'amico-fratello;
mamma Sioux,la donna mastodontica,di poche parole, dal sorriso-pi霉 -bello-del-mondo;
mrs Whiterspoon, la rossa vulcanica, intraprendente e sensuale;
il Maestro Yehudi ,uomo misterioso, carismatico, sagace e saggio, a volte crudele,
che insegna al protagonista la meravigliosa arte di volare
e Walt, il bambino volante...
scaltro, vivace, tenace ,capace di arrivare in alto - come nessun altro -
ma soprattutto di rialzarsi da tutte le cadute.
Sempre .
E poi c'猫 la Chicago degli anni 30,
gangster, biscazzieri, soldi, fughe , giocatori di baseball , pistole, incontri inaspettati

PS: e c'猫 un regalo che...fa la differenza, ad un certo punto del libro,anzi no,
non 猫 il regalo,猫 il biglietto
( una frase,una frase soltanto)
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2,694 reviews363 followers
March 18, 2022
螔伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪: 9/10

螣 伪纬伪蟺畏蟿蠈蟼 螤慰位 螌蟽蟿蔚蟻 魏伪蟿维蠁蔚蟻蔚 纬喂伪 维位位畏 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻维 谓伪 渭蔚 尉蔚蟿蟻蔚位维谓蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟽魏伪蟻蠁委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟿慰蠀, 伪位位维 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿畏 蠂蔚喂渭伪蟻蟻蠋未畏 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 (魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 喂蟽蠂蠉蔚喂 纬喂伪 蠈位伪 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿伪). 螆蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 伪蟻魏蔚蟿维 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀 ("韦蟻喂位慰纬委伪 蟿畏蟼 螡苇伪蟼 违蠈蟻魏畏蟼", "螚 渭慰蠀蟽喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟺蔚蟺蟻蠅渭苇谓慰蠀", "韦喂渭蟺慰蠀魏蟿慰蠉", "韦慰 蟺伪位维蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 桅蔚纬纬伪蟻喂慰蠉" 魏伪喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蟿慰 "Mr. Vertigo") 蟿慰 蠈蟿喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂慰蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 未蔚谓 胃伪 苇蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚 谓伪 渭蔚 蔚魏蟺位萎蟿蟿蔚喂 蟺位苇慰谓, 伪位位维 苇蟿蟽喂 蔚委谓伪喂, 慰喂 伪位萎胃蔚喂蔚蟼 谓伪 位苇纬慰谓蟿伪喂. 螝伪喂 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 慰 螌蟽蟿蔚蟻 魏伪蟿维蠁蔚蟻蔚 谓伪 渭蔚 魏伪胃畏位蠋蟽蔚喂 魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蟽蔚位委未伪, 魏伪喂 谓伪 渭蔚 魏维谓蔚喂 苇谓伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蠁慰尾蔚蟻蠈 伪蠁畏纬畏蟿萎 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟺委蟽蟿蔚蠀蟿畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀. 桅蠀蟽喂魏维, 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 未蠉蟽魏慰位伪 纬委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠀蟿维, 伪位位维 蔚魏蔚委 魏蟻蠉尾蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 畏 蠈位畏 渭伪纬蔚委伪 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏 纬谓蠋渭畏 渭慰蠀, 蔚谓蠋 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 位委纬慰 蠁喂位蠈蟽慰蠁慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼, 谓伪 胃委尉蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂伪 味畏蟿萎渭伪蟿伪, 纬蟻维蠁慰谓蟿伪蟼 慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维 渭喂伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蔚谓畏位喂魏委蠅蟽畏蟼 纬蔚渭维蟿畏 渭蔚 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 渭蔚 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽蔚 蟿伪尉喂未蔚蠉蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 伪蟺慰蟻蟻慰蠁维 蟿蔚位蔚委蠅蟼... 螘喂位喂魏蟻喂谓维 蟽伪蟼 位苇蠅, 伪谓 蟿慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭蟺位慰魏维蟻喂蟽渭伪 蟽伪蟼 蠂蟿蠀蟺维 蟿畏谓 蟺蠈蟻蟿伪, 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 谓慰渭委味蠅 蠈蟿喂 胃伪 蟿慰 尉蔚蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚蟿蔚 蟽蟿慰 蟺喂蟿蟼 蠁喂蟿委位喂! 螌蟽慰谓 伪蠁慰蟻维 蟿畏 尾伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀, 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 蟿伪 蟺苇谓蟿蔚 伪蟽蟿蔚蟻维魏喂伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰蠀 尾维位蠅 (蟺慰蠀 魏伪谓慰谓喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蔚蟽蟽蔚蟻维渭喂蟽喂) 谓伪 蠁伪委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维, 蠈渭蠅蟼 未喂维慰位蔚 蟺苇蟻伪蟽伪 蟿蠈蟽慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂伪 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰, 渭慰蠀 蠂维蟻喂蟽蔚 蟿蠈蟽蔚蟼 蔚喂魏蠈谓蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿伪, 蟺慰蠀 谓喂蠋胃蠅 蠈蟿喂 苇蠂蠅 渭喂伪 蠀蟺慰蠂蟻苇蠅蟽畏 伪蟺苇谓伪谓蟿委 蟿慰蠀. 螁位位蠅蟽蟿蔚, 纬慰蠉蟽蟿慰 渭慰蠀 魏伪喂 魏伪蟺苇位慰 渭慰蠀!
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111 reviews12 followers
November 14, 2020
Keske filmi cekilse de izlesek... Okurken her sahneyi gozumde canlandirdim zaten..:)
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74 reviews11 followers
August 19, 2019
4,5/5. 螒蟺慰位伪蠀蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟼, 蟿委渭喂慰蟼 螌蟽蟿蔚蟻. 危蔚 纬蟻伪蟺蠋谓蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蟽蔚位委未伪, 蟺伪蟻维 蟿慰 蟺蔚蟻委蔚蟻纬慰 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 蔚蠉蟻畏渭伪. 螌蟽蟿蔚蟻, 渭喂伪 蟽蟿伪胃蔚蟻维, 蟽蟿畏谓 慰蟺慰委伪 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿蟻苇蠁蔚喂蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 尉蔚未喂伪位蠉谓蔚喂 慰喂伪蟽未萎蟺慰蟿蔚 蠁蠉蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟺蟻慰苇位蔚蠀蟽畏蟼 "伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭蟺位慰魏维蟻喂蟽渭伪".
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474 reviews220 followers
January 7, 2018
Mi sono commossa e non me l'aspettavo proprio. 脠 vero che si trattava del mio secondo Auster e sembrava una battaglia gi脿 vinta in partenza, ma avevo scelto questo titolo completamente alla cieca. E invece 猫 stato una rivelazione.
Walter Rawley, anche noto come il Bambino Prodigio e poi Mr Vertigo, attraversa un cinquantennio di storia americana e si conquista tutto il nostro affetto. Ci porta con s茅 in un folle viaggio tra le metropoli e i deserti degli Stati Uniti, tra spettacoli di levitazione, storie di gangster, partite di baseball e abbaglianti locali notturni, sempre con la sua lingua lunga e la testa piena di sogni.
La scrittura di Auster come sempre 猫 avvolgente, appassionata, a tratti irriverente e crea dipendenza. Proprio per questo motivo non so quale santo ringraziare per la produzione letteraria di questo scrittore che (per fortuna) mi terr脿 impegnata per un bel po' di tempo.
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Author听3 books397 followers
February 12, 2019
I was drawn to read this book because of my fondness for the outstanding writing skills of the author. However, I must say that this novel doesn't quite live up to the other Auster novels I have read. Perhaps it is the premise of the novel: a boy who (literally) learns to fly. This attempt to mix realism with magic realism does not work in my opinion. The story is well told and certainly held my interest, but the "believability" factor left me cold. Auster took a risk in writing outside of his usual genre (novels that, in one way or other, resemble the trajectory of his own life). However, sometimes it's best to stick closely to what one does well. Auster is a master of the semi-autobiographical novel, and I hope he continues to pursue that path.
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629 reviews7,095 followers
March 28, 2017
賷鬲賲賷夭 "亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇" 亘兀賳賴 賯丕丿乇貙 賮賷 兀賶 賵賯鬲貙 毓賱賶 兀賳 賷賳賯賱 賱賰 卮毓賵乇 丕賯鬲乇丕亘 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞. 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱禺胤乇貙 丕賱鬲賴丿賷丿貙 毓丿賲 丕賱乇丕丨丞貙 賴賳丕賰 卮卅 禺丕胤卅 賷丨丿孬 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲. 兀賳鬲 賱丕 鬲毓賱賲 賲丕 賴賵 賱賰賳賴 賲賵噩賵丿 賵丨丕囟乇 亘賯賵丞.
乇賵丕賷丞 毓噩賷亘丞貙 胤賮賱 賷鬲毓賱賲 丕賱胤賷乇丕賳 毓賱賶 賷丿 賲毓賱賲 睾乇賷亘. 賷胤賵賾乇 丕賱賮鬲賶 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賴 毓賯丿丞 爻鬲賵賰賴賵賱賲 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 賵賷氐亘丨 毓亘丿賸丕 賱兀爻鬲丕匕賴.
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Bildi臒im bir 艧ey varsa o da kar艧谋l谋臒谋n谋 vermeden bir 艧ey alamayaca臒谋n谋zd谋r. 陌stedi臒iniz 艧ey ne kadar b眉y眉kse kar艧谋l谋臒谋nda 枚demeniz gereken bedel de o kadar b眉y眉k olur.

Kitap 1920鈥檒erin Amerika鈥檚谋nda ge莽iyor. Anlat谋lanlar谋n bir k谋sm谋 rahats谋zl谋k verici olsa da hikaye ilk etapta merak duygusunu fazlas谋yla koruyor. Bir 莽ocu臒un evrilmesini uzun uzad谋ya okuyorsunuz.
陌kinci b枚l眉mde ve devam谋nda kitab谋n uzat谋lm谋艧 hissi vermesi ilgiyi kaybetmenize neden oluyor. Al谋艧谋k oldu臒um bir Auster tarz谋 olsa da, net bir tav谋r g枚rememek yorucu geldi.
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