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347听books11.9k听followersPaul 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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December 29, 2021
Invisible, Paul Auster
Invisible is a novel by Paul Auster published in 2009 by Henry Holt and Company.
The book is divided into four parts, telling a continuous story, but each section told in a different voice, and by several different authors.
The first section, titled "Spring" and told in first person.
The second section, "Summer" describes the events in Adam's life later that summer in New York sharing an apartment with his older sister, Gwyn. This section of the story is told in second person.
In the third section, "Fall" we learn that Adam, in 2007, has died before he and James could meet, and has completed only notes of the third and final section of his memoir of 1967.
The final section takes place in 2007. James has been told by Gwyn that the major events of the second section of the book are entirely made-up, and James wonders whether any of the purported memoir is true. ...
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 丿賵丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 丿爻丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱2009賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賳丕倬蹖丿丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 倬賱 丌爻鬲乇 (丕賵爻鬲乇)貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賮賯貙 爻丕賱1388貨 丿乇268氐貨 卮丕亘讴9789643696146貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 爻丕賱1389貨 趩丕倬 爻賵賲 爻丕賱1391貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇 爻丕賱1393貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 - 爻丿賴21賲
丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賲毓賲丕蹖蹖貙 賵 讴丕賵蹖丿賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮乇丿蹖 乇賵 亘賴 夭賵丕賱 丕爻鬲貨
賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳: (趩丕賯賵 丕夭 囟丕賲賳卮 亘蹖乇賵賳 丌賲丿貙 倬爻乇 讴賴 趩丕賯賵 卮讴賲卮 乇丕 賲蹖丿乇蹖丿貙 賳丕賱賴 讴乇丿貨 诏賮鬲: 趩乇丕 賲蹖夭賳蹖責 賴賮鬲 鬲蹖乇賲 讴賴 诏賱賵賱賴 賳丿丕乇丿)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳
讴鬲丕亘 芦賳丕倬賷丿丕禄 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丕孬乇芦倬賱 丌爻鬲乇禄 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 乇賲丕賳賴丕蹖 爻賴 诏丕賳賴 蹖 芦賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴禄 丿乇 爻亘讴 芦倬爻鬲 賲丿乇賳禄 丕爻鬲貙 賰賴 賳卮乇 芦丕賮賯禄貙 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 亘丕賳賵 芦禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳禄貙 賴賲夭賲丕賳 亘丕 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 噩賴丕賳蹖 丕孬乇貙 丌賳乇丕 賲賳鬲卮乇 賰乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴貙 丿乇 丕賷賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賷夭貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕賷蹖 鬲賵 丿乇 鬲賵貙 賲蹖丌賮乇蹖賳賳丿貙 賰賴 诏丕賴 亘賴 丕丿亘賷丕鬲 賲毓賲丕賷蹖 卮亘丕賴鬲 丿丕乇賳丿貨 芦丌爻鬲乇禄 亘丕 賰丕賵賷丿賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘賴 夭賵丕賱 芦丌丿丕賲 賵丕賰乇禄貙 倬乇丿丕夭卮 卮禺氐賷鬲 賲賳賮蹖 乇丕貙 亘賴 丕賵噩 賲蹖乇爻丕賳賳丿貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 22/10/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 07/10/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Invisible is a novel by Paul Auster published in 2009 by Henry Holt and Company.
The book is divided into four parts, telling a continuous story, but each section told in a different voice, and by several different authors.
The first section, titled "Spring" and told in first person.
The second section, "Summer" describes the events in Adam's life later that summer in New York sharing an apartment with his older sister, Gwyn. This section of the story is told in second person.
In the third section, "Fall" we learn that Adam, in 2007, has died before he and James could meet, and has completed only notes of the third and final section of his memoir of 1967.
The final section takes place in 2007. James has been told by Gwyn that the major events of the second section of the book are entirely made-up, and James wonders whether any of the purported memoir is true. ...
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 丿賵丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 丿爻丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱2009賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賳丕倬蹖丿丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 倬賱 丌爻鬲乇 (丕賵爻鬲乇)貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賮賯貙 爻丕賱1388貨 丿乇268氐貨 卮丕亘讴9789643696146貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 爻丕賱1389貨 趩丕倬 爻賵賲 爻丕賱1391貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇 爻丕賱1393貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 - 爻丿賴21賲
丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賲毓賲丕蹖蹖貙 賵 讴丕賵蹖丿賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮乇丿蹖 乇賵 亘賴 夭賵丕賱 丕爻鬲貨
賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳: (趩丕賯賵 丕夭 囟丕賲賳卮 亘蹖乇賵賳 丌賲丿貙 倬爻乇 讴賴 趩丕賯賵 卮讴賲卮 乇丕 賲蹖丿乇蹖丿貙 賳丕賱賴 讴乇丿貨 诏賮鬲: 趩乇丕 賲蹖夭賳蹖責 賴賮鬲 鬲蹖乇賲 讴賴 诏賱賵賱賴 賳丿丕乇丿)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳
讴鬲丕亘 芦賳丕倬賷丿丕禄 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丕孬乇芦倬賱 丌爻鬲乇禄 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 乇賲丕賳賴丕蹖 爻賴 诏丕賳賴 蹖 芦賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴禄 丿乇 爻亘讴 芦倬爻鬲 賲丿乇賳禄 丕爻鬲貙 賰賴 賳卮乇 芦丕賮賯禄貙 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 亘丕賳賵 芦禺噩爻鬲賴 讴蹖賴丕賳禄貙 賴賲夭賲丕賳 亘丕 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 噩賴丕賳蹖 丕孬乇貙 丌賳乇丕 賲賳鬲卮乇 賰乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴貙 丿乇 丕賷賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賷夭貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕賷蹖 鬲賵 丿乇 鬲賵貙 賲蹖丌賮乇蹖賳賳丿貙 賰賴 诏丕賴 亘賴 丕丿亘賷丕鬲 賲毓賲丕賷蹖 卮亘丕賴鬲 丿丕乇賳丿貨 芦丌爻鬲乇禄 亘丕 賰丕賵賷丿賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘賴 夭賵丕賱 芦丌丿丕賲 賵丕賰乇禄貙 倬乇丿丕夭卮 卮禺氐賷鬲 賲賳賮蹖 乇丕貙 亘賴 丕賵噩 賲蹖乇爻丕賳賳丿貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 22/10/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 07/10/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
October 6, 2019
I shook his hand for the first time in the spring of 1967. I was a second-year student at Columbia then, a know-nothing boy with an appetite for books and a belief (or delusion) that one day I would become good enough to call myself a poet,...
I love Paul Auster, there's no way around it. I am always intrigued, fascinated and sometimes completely in the dark but he is such a great writer for me. Have read several of his books and fortunately I have some more to go, but this one, again, a gem. Dark, intriguing, what's going on, how is this going to end....beautiful writing... Yes, the end is a bit weird but for me, somehow it fitted perfectly in the storyline. Auster does not give any answers, sometimes it is hard to follow a storyline, but this book was easily readible for me. His stories can be hard to read sometimes, but this one was quite a smooth story as I see it. Three persons in the book tell their part and view of the story. Outstanding. Therefore again, 5 stars. More to follow as usual.
This is the story outline: Twenty-year old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet, is studying in New York City when he meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Before long, Walker finds himself caught in a love triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life....
I love Paul Auster, there's no way around it. I am always intrigued, fascinated and sometimes completely in the dark but he is such a great writer for me. Have read several of his books and fortunately I have some more to go, but this one, again, a gem. Dark, intriguing, what's going on, how is this going to end....beautiful writing... Yes, the end is a bit weird but for me, somehow it fitted perfectly in the storyline. Auster does not give any answers, sometimes it is hard to follow a storyline, but this book was easily readible for me. His stories can be hard to read sometimes, but this one was quite a smooth story as I see it. Three persons in the book tell their part and view of the story. Outstanding. Therefore again, 5 stars. More to follow as usual.
This is the story outline: Twenty-year old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet, is studying in New York City when he meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Before long, Walker finds himself caught in a love triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life....
December 29, 2011
If you like to read a book with a nice story that makes sense and has a moral/point/definitive ending then you will not want to be friends with Paul Auster. Put the book down, that's it...gently..., now off you go and find something else to read.
If on the other hand you can't be dissuaded and carry on reading this the first thing to know is that you should probably disregard the blurb on the back - it only applies to the first 72 pages of the book. Maybe the person who wrote the blurb only got that far? Who knows. Now all of this probably sounds like it's gearing up to becoming the damning voice of someone who didn't like this book. Actually, I did like this book but again I'm never sure why I like Auster books. They have that appealing shiny-ness, that makes me go "oooh" then put my hands out to touch it even though I know I shouldn't,much like someone giving you a plate of mercury to play with.
But behind the shiny is a matted world of weird, part of which, once again is loosely based on Austers own youth (wistful yearnings to be a writer, time in Paris translating poetry). How much of it is based on Austers on youth I don't know and can't be arsed to find out but right now I'm really hoping he doesn't have a sister. Although I'll say no more on that subject otherwise I'll start turning this review into one big spoiler. This book is really three stories tucked up together in between one cover and none of them really draw any satisfactory conclusions, except maybe that as you go through life you will meet a lot of people who are f*cked in the head and some of them might be French.
If on the other hand you can't be dissuaded and carry on reading this the first thing to know is that you should probably disregard the blurb on the back - it only applies to the first 72 pages of the book. Maybe the person who wrote the blurb only got that far? Who knows. Now all of this probably sounds like it's gearing up to becoming the damning voice of someone who didn't like this book. Actually, I did like this book but again I'm never sure why I like Auster books. They have that appealing shiny-ness, that makes me go "oooh" then put my hands out to touch it even though I know I shouldn't,much like someone giving you a plate of mercury to play with.
But behind the shiny is a matted world of weird, part of which, once again is loosely based on Austers own youth (wistful yearnings to be a writer, time in Paris translating poetry). How much of it is based on Austers on youth I don't know and can't be arsed to find out but right now I'm really hoping he doesn't have a sister. Although I'll say no more on that subject otherwise I'll start turning this review into one big spoiler. This book is really three stories tucked up together in between one cover and none of them really draw any satisfactory conclusions, except maybe that as you go through life you will meet a lot of people who are f*cked in the head and some of them might be French.
April 1, 2020
How often does one have the opportunity to walk into a bar, meet a person, for the first time, and then be offered -(all finances covered) - to write a literary magazine?
The year is 1967....
This novel is divided into four sections....
and.....
I LOVE PAUL AUSTER....
another wonderful Auster novel!!!
This time - I 鈥榬ead鈥� (the physical book), but I could almost hear Paul Auster鈥檚 voice reading it ...
like the last few audiobooks I had listened to by him.
In section one: [Spring]
Adam Walker, twenty years old, was an aspiring poet - an undergraduate at Columbia University. He meets the callabistic/ persuasive tutor.....Frenchman Rudolf Born.... political science professor, and his girlfriend Margot. Margot liked the young poet. She had good taste: me too!!!
I was intrigued by all the characters and the I loved the vibrancy - mood - and tone of the entire novel -
New York, Paris, ... even Oakland, California.
A love triangle develops ( not as steamy as your naughty mind thinks though), leading to repercussions of violence. ( hopefully you can鈥檛 imagine this - until you read it yourself)....馃槒
In section two: [Summer]
Adam was sharing an apartment with his sister Gwen....and was not well. He was slowly dying of leukemia. He sent his manuscript to a guy named Jim, a well known author. Jim agrees to meet with Adam.
In section three: [fall]
Adam died before he met with Jim in 2007. 馃檨
Jim goes through the manuscript notes that Adam had sent him.... and tells a story of when Adam went to Paris....( introducing other characters: Helene and C茅cile).
In section four:
Adam鈥檚 sister, Gwyn told Jim that many of the stories that Adam wrote were actually made up.
This section was a trip!
The themes include sexual lust, incest, rage, rebellion, and a hopeful desire to rectify integrity by making amends.
It鈥檚 very thought- provoking ...thrilling...
compelling...
And the title, 鈥淚nvisible鈥� really fits....
referring to relationships, emotions, .... with a book within a book...
Addicting... page turning!!
And...
SO THANKFUL ...
I鈥檝e wasted hours on books ... that I just kept tossing ... and tossing... and tossing!!!
I鈥檓 excited that there are still many more Paul Auster books for me to read ( I just wish the library carried them all)!
The year is 1967....
This novel is divided into four sections....
and.....
I LOVE PAUL AUSTER....
another wonderful Auster novel!!!
This time - I 鈥榬ead鈥� (the physical book), but I could almost hear Paul Auster鈥檚 voice reading it ...
like the last few audiobooks I had listened to by him.
In section one: [Spring]
Adam Walker, twenty years old, was an aspiring poet - an undergraduate at Columbia University. He meets the callabistic/ persuasive tutor.....Frenchman Rudolf Born.... political science professor, and his girlfriend Margot. Margot liked the young poet. She had good taste: me too!!!
I was intrigued by all the characters and the I loved the vibrancy - mood - and tone of the entire novel -
New York, Paris, ... even Oakland, California.
A love triangle develops ( not as steamy as your naughty mind thinks though), leading to repercussions of violence. ( hopefully you can鈥檛 imagine this - until you read it yourself)....馃槒
In section two: [Summer]
Adam was sharing an apartment with his sister Gwen....and was not well. He was slowly dying of leukemia. He sent his manuscript to a guy named Jim, a well known author. Jim agrees to meet with Adam.
In section three: [fall]
Adam died before he met with Jim in 2007. 馃檨
Jim goes through the manuscript notes that Adam had sent him.... and tells a story of when Adam went to Paris....( introducing other characters: Helene and C茅cile).
In section four:
Adam鈥檚 sister, Gwyn told Jim that many of the stories that Adam wrote were actually made up.
This section was a trip!
The themes include sexual lust, incest, rage, rebellion, and a hopeful desire to rectify integrity by making amends.
It鈥檚 very thought- provoking ...thrilling...
compelling...
And the title, 鈥淚nvisible鈥� really fits....
referring to relationships, emotions, .... with a book within a book...
Addicting... page turning!!
And...
SO THANKFUL ...
I鈥檝e wasted hours on books ... that I just kept tossing ... and tossing... and tossing!!!
I鈥檓 excited that there are still many more Paul Auster books for me to read ( I just wish the library carried them all)!
February 25, 2017
This is what fiction should be, in my opinion. Absolutely dazzling, believable yet at times shocking, intellectual without being predictable or dry, compulsively readable but never inane, and above all, completely effortless.
Invisible addresses three seasons in the life of a young man, Adam Walker. In 1967, Adam - a university student and wannabe poet - meets a French professor, Rudolf Born, at a party. What follows is a strange series of events culminating in two main outcomes: the first is Adam's brief affair with Born's girlfriend, Margot, and the second is a random act of violence, committed by Born, which Adam is witness to. All of this takes place within the first seventy pages, with the rest of the book devoted to the effect of these events on Adam's life immediately afterwards, and their resonance in later years. All the usual themes of literary fiction are intact - memory, truth, loss, regret - but they aren't rendered in that self-consciously clever style I've grown so sick of over the past year. Predominantly, this is a story about obsession and sex: Adam is obsessed with exacting revenge on Born, as well as sexually obsessed with Margot, and later with another woman (whose identity I won't reveal here as it would give away a major - and very surprising - plot point).
The perspective shifts: Invisible begins as a first-person account told by Adam himself, and at first, I expected the whole story to be told this way - but this being Auster, I should have known better than to expect a straightforward, linear narrative. In Part II, we jump forward to 2007, when Jim Freeman, a former acquaintance who hasn't spoken to Adam in almost forty years, receives a letter from his old friend with a partial manuscript - the first chapter of a possible book, titled 'Spring', which formed the first part of the story. The second chapter, 'Summer', is also told by Adam, but being far more personal and painful for him to recount, it is related in second person, placing the reader at the centre of an intimate and somewhat disturbing tale. In Part III, with Adam's health deteriorating, Jim is compelled to assemble chapter three, 'Fall', from a series of brief notes, and finally, he seeks out some of the others involved in the story to satisfy his own curiosity about both Adam's honesty and the after-effects of the events he has described. I want to say this is where things really get interesting - as the resulting accounts cast doubt on the truth of both Adam's story and Jim's interpretation - but that would make it sound like the book isn't riveting from the very first page, and it really is.
I know Auster is an acquired taste - some of my 欧宝娱乐 friends have given this book lukewarm reviews, and if you want a nice neat ending where everything's resolved and the truth is made clear, you won't find it here. But I am someone who generally likes the author's work, and this was by far the best of the Auster books I've read so far. I found it enormously compelling, beautifully written (it flows like a dream) and genuinely discomfiting. It lacks the obvious avant-garde tone of (for example) , but retains a certain sense of oddness that's enough to give it a sharp edge. Altogether wonderful.
Invisible addresses three seasons in the life of a young man, Adam Walker. In 1967, Adam - a university student and wannabe poet - meets a French professor, Rudolf Born, at a party. What follows is a strange series of events culminating in two main outcomes: the first is Adam's brief affair with Born's girlfriend, Margot, and the second is a random act of violence, committed by Born, which Adam is witness to. All of this takes place within the first seventy pages, with the rest of the book devoted to the effect of these events on Adam's life immediately afterwards, and their resonance in later years. All the usual themes of literary fiction are intact - memory, truth, loss, regret - but they aren't rendered in that self-consciously clever style I've grown so sick of over the past year. Predominantly, this is a story about obsession and sex: Adam is obsessed with exacting revenge on Born, as well as sexually obsessed with Margot, and later with another woman (whose identity I won't reveal here as it would give away a major - and very surprising - plot point).
The perspective shifts: Invisible begins as a first-person account told by Adam himself, and at first, I expected the whole story to be told this way - but this being Auster, I should have known better than to expect a straightforward, linear narrative. In Part II, we jump forward to 2007, when Jim Freeman, a former acquaintance who hasn't spoken to Adam in almost forty years, receives a letter from his old friend with a partial manuscript - the first chapter of a possible book, titled 'Spring', which formed the first part of the story. The second chapter, 'Summer', is also told by Adam, but being far more personal and painful for him to recount, it is related in second person, placing the reader at the centre of an intimate and somewhat disturbing tale. In Part III, with Adam's health deteriorating, Jim is compelled to assemble chapter three, 'Fall', from a series of brief notes, and finally, he seeks out some of the others involved in the story to satisfy his own curiosity about both Adam's honesty and the after-effects of the events he has described. I want to say this is where things really get interesting - as the resulting accounts cast doubt on the truth of both Adam's story and Jim's interpretation - but that would make it sound like the book isn't riveting from the very first page, and it really is.
I know Auster is an acquired taste - some of my 欧宝娱乐 friends have given this book lukewarm reviews, and if you want a nice neat ending where everything's resolved and the truth is made clear, you won't find it here. But I am someone who generally likes the author's work, and this was by far the best of the Auster books I've read so far. I found it enormously compelling, beautifully written (it flows like a dream) and genuinely discomfiting. It lacks the obvious avant-garde tone of (for example) , but retains a certain sense of oddness that's enough to give it a sharp edge. Altogether wonderful.
September 7, 2018
A reader writes a book and a writer reads this book鈥� That is what Invisible approximately comes up to on the side of the plot鈥�
Invisible is a novel of moral anxiety, of moral qualms and of moral ambiguity. Who is really a villain and who is really a do-gooder? How much of the surrounding world remains invisible to us? How much of the other people鈥檚 life is invisible too?
And in the end the novel turns into a profound and ironical contemplation on the nature of truth and deception.
鈥淎nd I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.鈥� Ecclesiastes 1:17
How much of the world we see is truth and how much of it is lie?
Put something in the wrong place, and even though it is still there 鈥� quite possibly smack under your nose 鈥� it can vanish for the rest of time.
Invisible is a novel of moral anxiety, of moral qualms and of moral ambiguity. Who is really a villain and who is really a do-gooder? How much of the surrounding world remains invisible to us? How much of the other people鈥檚 life is invisible too?
And in the end the novel turns into a profound and ironical contemplation on the nature of truth and deception.
鈥淎nd I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.鈥� Ecclesiastes 1:17
How much of the world we see is truth and how much of it is lie?
August 29, 2017
100 out of 5 stars!! One of my favourite books by Paul Auster <3
April 23, 2020
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December 26, 2017
螚 苇魏蟺位畏尉畏 蟿畏蟼 蠂蟻慰谓喂维蟼. 螚 伪蟺蠈未蔚喂尉畏 (纬喂伪 渭苇谓伪) 蠈蟿喂 未蔚谓 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 蟺慰蟿苇 谓伪 伪蟺慰魏位蔚委慰蠀渭蔚 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪 魏伪喂 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 伪谓慰喂蠂蟿蠈 蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 渭伪蟼.
螘委蠂伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 蟺蟻喂谓 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟿蟻喂位慰纬委伪 蟿畏蟼 螡苇伪蟼 违蠈蟻魏畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 胃蔚蠋蟻畏蟽伪 蠂伪渭苇谓慰 蠂蟻蠈谓慰. 螇蟿伪谓 蟽魏苇蟿畏 伪蟺慰纬慰萎蟿蔚蠀蟽畏, 蟺伪蟻维 蟿喂蟼 未喂胃蠀蟻伪渭尾喂魏苇蟼 魏蟻喂蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪. 惟蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 蔚委蟺伪 谓伪 未蠋蟽蠅 渭喂伪 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓维谓蟿畏蟽伪 苇谓伪谓 维位位慰谓 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪, 魏维蟿喂 蔚魏 未喂伪渭苇蟿蟻慰蠀 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈.
螇蟿伪谓 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 尾喂尾位委慰. 螠喂伪 蟽蠀纬魏喂谓畏蟿喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 纬蔚渭维蟿畏 伪谓伪蟺维谓蟿蔚蠂蔚蟼 蔚魏蟺位萎尉蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇胃喂尉蔚 蟺慰位位维 胃苇渭伪蟿伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰, 蟿喂蟼 伪谓伪渭谓萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺畏蟻蔚维味慰蠀谓 慰位蠈魏位畏蟻畏 蟿畏 味蠅萎 魏蟿位. 螤蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻维蠁畏渭伪, 纬喂伪 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蟿慰位渭蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟺蠅蟼 慰 Auster 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰蟼 螡蟿慰蟽蟿慰纬喂苇蠁蟽魏喂 魏伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺喂慰 蟽蟺慰蠀未伪委慰蠀蟼 蔚谓 味蠅萎 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼. 螒谓伪胃蔚蠋蟻畏蟽伪 位慰喂蟺蠈谓 100%.
违.螕. 螠慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽伪谓 蟺慰位蠉 慰喂 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 蟽蔚 蟺慰喂畏蟿苇蟼 魏伪喂 纬蔚谓喂魏维 位慰纬慰蟿苇蠂谓蔚蟼, 慰喂 慰蟺慰委蔚蟼 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 渭慰蠀 维谓慰喂尉伪谓 蟿畏谓 蠈蟻蔚尉畏!
螘委蠂伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 蟺蟻喂谓 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟿蟻喂位慰纬委伪 蟿畏蟼 螡苇伪蟼 违蠈蟻魏畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 胃蔚蠋蟻畏蟽伪 蠂伪渭苇谓慰 蠂蟻蠈谓慰. 螇蟿伪谓 蟽魏苇蟿畏 伪蟺慰纬慰萎蟿蔚蠀蟽畏, 蟺伪蟻维 蟿喂蟼 未喂胃蠀蟻伪渭尾喂魏苇蟼 魏蟻喂蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪. 惟蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 蔚委蟺伪 谓伪 未蠋蟽蠅 渭喂伪 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓维谓蟿畏蟽伪 苇谓伪谓 维位位慰谓 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪, 魏维蟿喂 蔚魏 未喂伪渭苇蟿蟻慰蠀 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈.
螇蟿伪谓 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 尾喂尾位委慰. 螠喂伪 蟽蠀纬魏喂谓畏蟿喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 纬蔚渭维蟿畏 伪谓伪蟺维谓蟿蔚蠂蔚蟼 蔚魏蟺位萎尉蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇胃喂尉蔚 蟺慰位位维 胃苇渭伪蟿伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰, 蟿喂蟼 伪谓伪渭谓萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺畏蟻蔚维味慰蠀谓 慰位蠈魏位畏蟻畏 蟿畏 味蠅萎 魏蟿位. 螤蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻维蠁畏渭伪, 纬喂伪 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蟿慰位渭蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟺蠅蟼 慰 Auster 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰蟼 螡蟿慰蟽蟿慰纬喂苇蠁蟽魏喂 魏伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺喂慰 蟽蟺慰蠀未伪委慰蠀蟼 蔚谓 味蠅萎 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼. 螒谓伪胃蔚蠋蟻畏蟽伪 位慰喂蟺蠈谓 100%.
违.螕. 螠慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽伪谓 蟺慰位蠉 慰喂 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 蟽蔚 蟺慰喂畏蟿苇蟼 魏伪喂 纬蔚谓喂魏维 位慰纬慰蟿苇蠂谓蔚蟼, 慰喂 慰蟺慰委蔚蟼 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 渭慰蠀 维谓慰喂尉伪谓 蟿畏谓 蠈蟻蔚尉畏!
November 3, 2024
賳丕倬蹖丿丕 讴鬲丕亘蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 丕夭 倬賱 丌爻鬲乇 貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 爻乇卮賳丕爻 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 . 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 趩賴丕乇 亘禺卮 丿丕乇丿 讴賴 賴乇 蹖讴 丕夭 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 乇賵丕蹖鬲 卮丿賴 賵 亘賴 鬲丿乇蹖噩 倬丕夭賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丌爻鬲乇 乇丕 讴丕賲賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲賱丕卮 讴乇丿賴 鬲丕 亘丕 禺賱賯 爻丕禺鬲丕乇蹖 賳爻亘鬲丕 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴貙 賮囟丕蹖蹖 倬乇 丕亘賴丕賲 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕蹖噩丕丿 讴賳丿 賵 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 丕賵 乇丕 噩匕亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺賵丿 讴賳丿 .
卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 貙 丌丿丕賲 賵丕讴乇貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 倬蹖乇 賵 乇賵 亘賴 夭賵丕賱蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲賱丕卮 賲蹖 讴賳丿 亘丕 诏匕卮鬲賴 倬乇 賮乇丕夭 賵 賳卮蹖亘卮 乇賵亘乇賵 卮賵丿 . 賵丕讴乇 丿乇 鬲毓丕賲賱 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖 亘乇賳丿 .
丕賲丕 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賵丕讴乇 丌賮乇蹖丿賴 貙 趩賳丿丕賳 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 賵 蹖丕 賳丕倬蹖丿丕 賳蹖爻鬲 貙 賱丕蹖賴 賴丕蹖 倬賳賴丕賳蹖 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賴賲 賳丿丕乇丿 . 賳丕倬蹖丿丕 讴鬲丕亘蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賱胤賮 賴賳乇 賵 賯丿乇鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 诏賵蹖蹖 丌爻鬲乇 貙 丌賳 乇丕 亘賴 丕孬乇蹖 爻胤丨蹖 丕賲丕 爻乇诏乇賲 讴賳賳丿賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 貙 丌丿丕賲 賵丕讴乇貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 倬蹖乇 賵 乇賵 亘賴 夭賵丕賱蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲賱丕卮 賲蹖 讴賳丿 亘丕 诏匕卮鬲賴 倬乇 賮乇丕夭 賵 賳卮蹖亘卮 乇賵亘乇賵 卮賵丿 . 賵丕讴乇 丿乇 鬲毓丕賲賱 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖 亘乇賳丿 .
丕賲丕 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賵丕讴乇 丌賮乇蹖丿賴 貙 趩賳丿丕賳 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 賵 蹖丕 賳丕倬蹖丿丕 賳蹖爻鬲 貙 賱丕蹖賴 賴丕蹖 倬賳賴丕賳蹖 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賴賲 賳丿丕乇丿 . 賳丕倬蹖丿丕 讴鬲丕亘蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賱胤賮 賴賳乇 賵 賯丿乇鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 诏賵蹖蹖 丌爻鬲乇 貙 丌賳 乇丕 亘賴 丕孬乇蹖 爻胤丨蹖 丕賲丕 爻乇诏乇賲 讴賳賳丿賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
August 11, 2021
Magn铆fico! Um livro que agarra e surpreende do in铆cio ao fim!
Uma das melhores leituras deste ano. Mas porque 茅 que estava h谩 tanto tempo na minha estante para ser lido??? Recomendo vivamente!! Um autor que quero ler mais :D
Uma das melhores leituras deste ano. Mas porque 茅 que estava h谩 tanto tempo na minha estante para ser lido??? Recomendo vivamente!! Um autor que quero ler mais :D
August 16, 2017
My favorite Paul Auster novel so far. But if you've read "Oracle Night", "New York Trilogy", "Book of Illusions", then you've totally read "Invisible." The brand is unique*, but the plotless-ness can become quite disconcerting. I THOROUGHLY dug this one, reading it all in a day.
* "Timbuktu" is the only one of his that's not "meta." Just really really sad.
* "Timbuktu" is the only one of his that's not "meta." Just really really sad.
April 28, 2019
兀賵爻鬲乇貙 毓賱賶 賲丕 賷亘丿賵貙 賴賵 兀噩賲賱 賲賳 賷賱毓亘 亘丕賱兀氐賵丕鬲 丕賱爻乇丿賷丞.
September 22, 2019
4.5 渭蔚 蠈位畏 渭慰蠀 蟿畏谓 伪纬维蟺畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟽蔚尾伪蟽渭蠈 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰谓 蟺慰位蠉 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰 Paul.. 螒蟺蠈 蟿伪 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂..
July 24, 2023
3 stars
(slightly spoilery review, but only in the meta analysis. No plot details.)
The title of this novel is "Invisible" - why? Nothing is overtly hidden, nothing is kept secret that isn't revealed at some point. All I can think of is one exception: the author.
Who is really narrating the novel? That's the question. Not who the characters are or who can be believed or what anybody did. Who is really pulling the strings? Whose eyes are we ultimately looking though?
Auster mirrors, denies and duplicates, making the novel feel like a Kafkaesque labyrinth of memory, deception vs honesty, and purpose. Why though? What's the fictional author's (not Auster's) game. Revenge? Maybe. Honesty? Could be. Profit? Possibly. But in the end, what's really going on, who is really behind it and why is anybody's guess.
That might provide for a couple of fascinating round of theorising if the novel wasn't bogged down with tedious, boring details that go on for pages, making parts a real slog to get through. None of it seems, or is, relevant. (Is what everyone is eating and wearing relevant to the plot? I'm sceptical.)
The novel also felt strangely lifeless to me, esp the first half. Phoned in, might be a better way to put it. Auster being Auster to fill pages and fulfill contract obligations. Or perhaps the artifice is a little too apparent there.
The second half becomes more gripping, perhaps because most of the tedious detail drops away, but it's still not enough to make it overly interesting.
Is this a good novel? Yes. Is it a great novel? No. Auster is an accomplished novelist, but this is no more than his standard level of ability and quality. Not a bad read, but not on the highly recommended list either.
(slightly spoilery review, but only in the meta analysis. No plot details.)
The title of this novel is "Invisible" - why? Nothing is overtly hidden, nothing is kept secret that isn't revealed at some point. All I can think of is one exception: the author.
Who is really narrating the novel? That's the question. Not who the characters are or who can be believed or what anybody did. Who is really pulling the strings? Whose eyes are we ultimately looking though?
Auster mirrors, denies and duplicates, making the novel feel like a Kafkaesque labyrinth of memory, deception vs honesty, and purpose. Why though? What's the fictional author's (not Auster's) game. Revenge? Maybe. Honesty? Could be. Profit? Possibly. But in the end, what's really going on, who is really behind it and why is anybody's guess.
That might provide for a couple of fascinating round of theorising if the novel wasn't bogged down with tedious, boring details that go on for pages, making parts a real slog to get through. None of it seems, or is, relevant. (Is what everyone is eating and wearing relevant to the plot? I'm sceptical.)
The novel also felt strangely lifeless to me, esp the first half. Phoned in, might be a better way to put it. Auster being Auster to fill pages and fulfill contract obligations. Or perhaps the artifice is a little too apparent there.
The second half becomes more gripping, perhaps because most of the tedious detail drops away, but it's still not enough to make it overly interesting.
Is this a good novel? Yes. Is it a great novel? No. Auster is an accomplished novelist, but this is no more than his standard level of ability and quality. Not a bad read, but not on the highly recommended list either.
March 12, 2012
This is by far the worst book I've read in 2010. I couldnt even finish it; the thought of having to read another 100 pages of drivel led me to thumb through the last pages, only to realize I wasn't missing anything.
How an author that wrote great novels such as The Book of Illusions or Man in The Dark can produce a book that contains no believable characters, no real story and only superficial and empty phrases is a mystery to me. The main character is a spineless loser, whose greatest accomplishment is 3 weeks of sex with a lacklustre French woman that just got dumped. His moral compass is stuck on 'thou shall not kill', and because he's got no imagination or anything else to show for, his biggest accomplishment is deciding to ruin the killer's life by convincing the killer's fiancee that the killer is a bad man. What an awful revenge. I don't care if he succeeded - if he did, it would be utterly unbelievable.
To add insult to injury, we also have a former classmate, who never saw our spineless zero in 40 years, but suddenly becomes fantastically interested in him - so much that he even considers his sexual exploits with his sister perfectly normal. This classmate is famous for his literary work, however in this book he decides to write like a first grader writing love letters to Lady Gaga. If Auster tried to shock me, he failed. If he tried to bore me, he succeeded. Man, that second part of the book was like a 24hr B&B marathon.
This book was so bad I even threw it away - I couldn't stand the thought of spoiling anyone else's brain with such useless writing.
How an author that wrote great novels such as The Book of Illusions or Man in The Dark can produce a book that contains no believable characters, no real story and only superficial and empty phrases is a mystery to me. The main character is a spineless loser, whose greatest accomplishment is 3 weeks of sex with a lacklustre French woman that just got dumped. His moral compass is stuck on 'thou shall not kill', and because he's got no imagination or anything else to show for, his biggest accomplishment is deciding to ruin the killer's life by convincing the killer's fiancee that the killer is a bad man. What an awful revenge. I don't care if he succeeded - if he did, it would be utterly unbelievable.
To add insult to injury, we also have a former classmate, who never saw our spineless zero in 40 years, but suddenly becomes fantastically interested in him - so much that he even considers his sexual exploits with his sister perfectly normal. This classmate is famous for his literary work, however in this book he decides to write like a first grader writing love letters to Lady Gaga. If Auster tried to shock me, he failed. If he tried to bore me, he succeeded. Man, that second part of the book was like a 24hr B&B marathon.
This book was so bad I even threw it away - I couldn't stand the thought of spoiling anyone else's brain with such useless writing.
August 26, 2018
倬賱 丕爻鬲乇 丨爻丕亘蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 卮 乇賵 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖 丿賴. 亘丕 禺賵賳丿賳 丌禺乇蹖賳 氐賮丨賴 蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丕氐賱丕 賲胤賲卅賳 賳蹖爻鬲賲 讴賴 賴蹖趩 讴丿賵賲 丕夭 丨乇賮賴丕蹖 乇丕賵蹖 丿乇 鬲賲丕賲 胤賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 賵丕賯毓蹖 亘賵丿賴 亘丕卮賴.
亘爻蹖丕乇 鬲噩乇亘賴 蹖 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮蹖 亘賵丿.
賲毓賲丕 賵 爻賵丕賱 亘丕 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賳賵夭 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇賴 賵 丕蹖賳 賴爻鬲 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘乇丕賲 禺丕胤乇賴 丕賳诏蹖夭 賲蹖 讴賳賴.
亘爻蹖丕乇 鬲噩乇亘賴 蹖 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮蹖 亘賵丿.
賲毓賲丕 賵 爻賵丕賱 亘丕 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賳賵夭 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇賴 賵 丕蹖賳 賴爻鬲 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘乇丕賲 禺丕胤乇賴 丕賳诏蹖夭 賲蹖 讴賳賴.
May 6, 2017
螆谓伪 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 维蠄慰纬伪 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻伪蠁畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼. 螚 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 萎蟿伪谓 渭伪蔚蟽蟿蟻喂魏维 未慰渭畏渭苇谓畏, 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪蠁畏纬畏蟿苇蟼 谓伪 伪位位维味慰蠀谓 未喂伪蟻魏蠋蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 未喂维蠁慰蟻伪 渭苇蟽伪 魏伪喂 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰喂 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏蟼: 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰, 蟿蟻委蟿慰 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰, 尉伪谓维 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟺维位喂 蟿蟻委蟿慰. 螣喂 伪蠁畏纬畏蟿苇蟼 蔚谓伪位位维蟽蟽慰谓蟿伪谓, 魏喂 蔚渭蔚委蟼 未喂伪尾维味伪渭蔚 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏苇蟼 未喂畏纬萎蟽蔚喂蟼, 蟽畏渭蔚喂蠋蟽蔚喂蟼, 畏渭蔚蟻慰位蠈纬喂伪, 蔚谓蟿蠀蟺蠋蟽蔚喂蟼, 蔚谓蠋 蟿伪尉喂未蔚蠉伪渭蔚 未喂伪蟻魏蠋蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 1967 蟽蟿慰 2007 魏伪喂 伪谓蟿委蟽蟿蟻慰蠁伪.
螖蔚谓 渭蔚 蔚谓胃慰蠀蟽委伪蟽蔚 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚谓 未苇胃畏魏伪 渭蔚 魏伪谓苇谓伪谓 萎蟻蠅伪. 螖蔚谓 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟺维胃畏蟽伪, 未蔚谓 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀渭蟺维胃畏蟽伪, 纬蔚谓喂魏维 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 渭慰蠀 蠁维谓畏魏蔚 伪未喂维蠁慰蟻畏. 螤蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 胃伪蠉渭伪蟽伪 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪, 蟺伪蟻维 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀. 螤维谓蟿蠅蟼, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 苇蟻蔚蔚 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻伪 魏伪喂 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿伪, 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 蟺苇蟻伪蟽伪 魏伪位维 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿维蟼 蟿慰.
螆蠂蠅 尉伪谓伪未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 Auster (蟿慰 危维谓蟽蔚蟿 螤伪蟻魏) 魏伪喂 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰. 螛伪 尉伪谓伪未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻伪, 伪谓 苇蠂蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰 蟿慰蠀, 魏伪位慰未蔚蠂慰蠉渭蔚谓畏 畏 蟺蟻蠈蟿伪蟽畏!
违螕. 螠蔚蟿维 蟿畏谓 "螝蟻蠀蠁萎 螜蟽蟿慰蟻委伪" 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠁伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 谓慰渭委味蠅 蠈蟿喂 慰喂 蟽蟺慰蠀未伪蟽蟿苇蟼 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼 魏伪喂 位慰喂蟺蠋谓 蠁喂位慰位慰纬喂魏蠋谓, 蔚谓委慰蟿蔚 魏伪喂 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏蠋谓 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿畏渭蠋谓 蔚委谓伪喂 慰位委纬蠅谓 蔚蟺喂魏委谓未蠀谓慰喂 蠈蟿伪谓 伪蟺慰蠁伪蟽委味慰蠀谓 谓伪 蔚渭蟺谓蔚蠀蟽蟿慰蠉谓 伪蟺蠈 蠈蟽伪 渭蔚位蔚蟿慰蠉谓. 惟蟼 渭喂魏蟻萎 螒谓谓慰蠉位伪 未畏位蠋谓蠅 蟽伪蠁蠋蟼 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠋蟼 蠈蟿喂 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭蠋 蟿伪 伪纬慰蟻维魏喂伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺伪委味慰蠀谓 渭蔚 蠀位喂魏维 伪谓蟿喂魏蔚委渭蔚谓伪 蟺慰蠀 魏蟻伪蟿维谓蔚 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼, 魏喂 伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蟽喂蟺维魏喂伪, 魏慰谓蟽蠈位蔚蟼 魏伪喂 位慰喂蟺维 纬魏维蟿味蔚蟿, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 蠁蠅蟿蠈蟽蟺伪胃伪 蟿蠅谓 蟿味蔚谓蟿维喂... 危蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位喂魏萎 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺喂慰 伪蟽蠁伪位蔚委蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蠄蠀蠂喂魏萎 魏伪喂 蟽蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎 伪魏蔚蟻伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿蠅谓 纬蠉蟻蠅 蟿慰蠀蟼.... 危蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位喂魏萎 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蟽蔚 蟺维谓蔚 魏伪喂 蟿伪尉委未喂 蟽蟿畏谓 螘3!!
螖蔚谓 渭蔚 蔚谓胃慰蠀蟽委伪蟽蔚 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚谓 未苇胃畏魏伪 渭蔚 魏伪谓苇谓伪谓 萎蟻蠅伪. 螖蔚谓 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟺维胃畏蟽伪, 未蔚谓 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀渭蟺维胃畏蟽伪, 纬蔚谓喂魏维 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 渭慰蠀 蠁维谓畏魏蔚 伪未喂维蠁慰蟻畏. 螤蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 胃伪蠉渭伪蟽伪 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪, 蟺伪蟻维 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀. 螤维谓蟿蠅蟼, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 苇蟻蔚蔚 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻伪 魏伪喂 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿伪, 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 蟺苇蟻伪蟽伪 魏伪位维 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿维蟼 蟿慰.
螆蠂蠅 尉伪谓伪未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 Auster (蟿慰 危维谓蟽蔚蟿 螤伪蟻魏) 魏伪喂 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰. 螛伪 尉伪谓伪未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻伪, 伪谓 苇蠂蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰 蟿慰蠀, 魏伪位慰未蔚蠂慰蠉渭蔚谓畏 畏 蟺蟻蠈蟿伪蟽畏!
违螕. 螠蔚蟿维 蟿畏谓 "螝蟻蠀蠁萎 螜蟽蟿慰蟻委伪" 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠁伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 谓慰渭委味蠅 蠈蟿喂 慰喂 蟽蟺慰蠀未伪蟽蟿苇蟼 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼 魏伪喂 位慰喂蟺蠋谓 蠁喂位慰位慰纬喂魏蠋谓, 蔚谓委慰蟿蔚 魏伪喂 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏蠋谓 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿畏渭蠋谓 蔚委谓伪喂 慰位委纬蠅谓 蔚蟺喂魏委谓未蠀谓慰喂 蠈蟿伪谓 伪蟺慰蠁伪蟽委味慰蠀谓 谓伪 蔚渭蟺谓蔚蠀蟽蟿慰蠉谓 伪蟺蠈 蠈蟽伪 渭蔚位蔚蟿慰蠉谓. 惟蟼 渭喂魏蟻萎 螒谓谓慰蠉位伪 未畏位蠋谓蠅 蟽伪蠁蠋蟼 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠋蟼 蠈蟿喂 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭蠋 蟿伪 伪纬慰蟻维魏喂伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺伪委味慰蠀谓 渭蔚 蠀位喂魏维 伪谓蟿喂魏蔚委渭蔚谓伪 蟺慰蠀 魏蟻伪蟿维谓蔚 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼, 魏喂 伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蟽喂蟺维魏喂伪, 魏慰谓蟽蠈位蔚蟼 魏伪喂 位慰喂蟺维 纬魏维蟿味蔚蟿, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 蠁蠅蟿蠈蟽蟺伪胃伪 蟿蠅谓 蟿味蔚谓蟿维喂... 危蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位喂魏萎 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺喂慰 伪蟽蠁伪位蔚委蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蠄蠀蠂喂魏萎 魏伪喂 蟽蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎 伪魏蔚蟻伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿蠅谓 纬蠉蟻蠅 蟿慰蠀蟼.... 危蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位喂魏萎 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蟽蔚 蟺维谓蔚 魏伪喂 蟿伪尉委未喂 蟽蟿畏谓 螘3!!
June 16, 2023
CRITIQUE:
First Person Invisibility
This is the first Auster novel I've read since I finished "Man in the Dark", which left me vaguely disappointed.
In contrast, this novel excited me from the first page to the last.
"Man in the Dark" was a stylistic experiment in the juxtaposition of two stories. From a structural point of view, "Invisible" is more concerned with the perspective, style and stages of story-telling:
* Part I is an apparently non-fictional memoir about various events in 1967 surrounding Rudolf Born related by the principal protagonist (Adam Walker) in the first person singular.
* Part II purports to be a rewrite by Walker of text that he had originally written in the first person, but felt didn't work. His college friend, James (Jim) Freeman, now, in 2007, a successful writer, suggests that he change the perspective of the narrator, and it solves his writer's block, even though Walker uses the second person, rather than the third person perspective. Walker's text is framed by text purportedly written by Jim from his own point of view.
* Part III is again framed by text written by Jim, but contains incomplete notes written by Walker before his death. Jim tells us that, in the final version, he fleshed out Walker's notes.
* Part IV is also framed by Jim's perspective, but contains diary entries by a relatively minor, but Lolita-like, character, Cecile, which describe her interaction in 2007 with Rudolf Born after her mother, Helene's, death (when he reveals the real reason he had wanted to marry Helene and become Cecile's step-father).
Walker's identity has been segmented, and then reconstituted from different perspectives. Thus, it seems that identity is not just the product of the one protagonist or narrator, but an amalgam of the points of view of different characters/ narrators.
In Part II, Jim explains his own experience of a writer's block, which he overcame by a change of narrative perspective:
Identity is a composite, which benefits from a little separation and distance. Too much first person proximity leads to the invisibility of the title.
A Monstrous, Nabokovian Transgression
Not only does this approach to narrative reflect Nabokov's interest in identity and narrative structure, but much of the subject matter recalls Nabokov's "Lolita" and "Ada".
Part II describes a sexual relationship, of a type that is widely regarded as transgressive ("rather brutal stuff, I'm afraid. Ugly things I haven't had the heart or the will to look at in years..."). It commences as a "grand experiment", an "adolescent frolic" on a one off basis in 1961, when the participants are fifteen (the female, Gwyn) and fourteen (the male, Adam).
Despite the mutual compact between them, the participants indulge in the same activity (an "incestuous rampage", an "unholy matrimony") over a period of 34 days in 1967 before Walker flies out to Paris. They're "trapped in the throes of constant, overpowering lust - sex beasts, lovers, best friends: the last two people left in the universe."
Gwyn is on the pill, so it's assumed that she can't fall pregnant.
They're both aware that society defines their relationship as a "monumental transgression, a dark and iniquitous thing according to the laws of man and God."
Yet, they justify the relationship as "real love":
"Pure Make-Believe"
When, 40 years later, Gwyn is shown a copy of Part II of the book, she responds that the relationship was a fantasy of Adam's, "a [salacious] dream of what he wished had happened but never did".
Even if they might both have wished for it to occur, Gwtn says it never eventuated:
Fantasy and/or Reality
This raises a question about the relationship between fact and fiction in literary fiction.
If 75% of a novel is written in a realistic, non-fictional style (which we assume to be "true") and 25% is written in the style of fiction or fantasy, is it tempting to assume that the other 25% is also true?
Is this the premise upon which both Nabokov and Auster play their narratological games with us readers?
SOUNDTRACK:
First Person Invisibility
This is the first Auster novel I've read since I finished "Man in the Dark", which left me vaguely disappointed.
In contrast, this novel excited me from the first page to the last.
"Man in the Dark" was a stylistic experiment in the juxtaposition of two stories. From a structural point of view, "Invisible" is more concerned with the perspective, style and stages of story-telling:
* Part I is an apparently non-fictional memoir about various events in 1967 surrounding Rudolf Born related by the principal protagonist (Adam Walker) in the first person singular.
* Part II purports to be a rewrite by Walker of text that he had originally written in the first person, but felt didn't work. His college friend, James (Jim) Freeman, now, in 2007, a successful writer, suggests that he change the perspective of the narrator, and it solves his writer's block, even though Walker uses the second person, rather than the third person perspective. Walker's text is framed by text purportedly written by Jim from his own point of view.
* Part III is again framed by text written by Jim, but contains incomplete notes written by Walker before his death. Jim tells us that, in the final version, he fleshed out Walker's notes.
* Part IV is also framed by Jim's perspective, but contains diary entries by a relatively minor, but Lolita-like, character, Cecile, which describe her interaction in 2007 with Rudolf Born after her mother, Helene's, death (when he reveals the real reason he had wanted to marry Helene and become Cecile's step-father).
Walker's identity has been segmented, and then reconstituted from different perspectives. Thus, it seems that identity is not just the product of the one protagonist or narrator, but an amalgam of the points of view of different characters/ narrators.
In Part II, Jim explains his own experience of a writer's block, which he overcame by a change of narrative perspective:
"My approach had been wrong, I realised. By writing about myself in the first person, I had smothered myself and made myself invisible, had made it impossible for me to find the thing I was looking for. I needed to separate myself from myself, to step back and carve out some space between myself and my subject (which was myself), and therefore I returned to the beginning...and began writing it in the third person."
Identity is a composite, which benefits from a little separation and distance. Too much first person proximity leads to the invisibility of the title.
A Monstrous, Nabokovian Transgression
Not only does this approach to narrative reflect Nabokov's interest in identity and narrative structure, but much of the subject matter recalls Nabokov's "Lolita" and "Ada".
Part II describes a sexual relationship, of a type that is widely regarded as transgressive ("rather brutal stuff, I'm afraid. Ugly things I haven't had the heart or the will to look at in years..."). It commences as a "grand experiment", an "adolescent frolic" on a one off basis in 1961, when the participants are fifteen (the female, Gwyn) and fourteen (the male, Adam).
Despite the mutual compact between them, the participants indulge in the same activity (an "incestuous rampage", an "unholy matrimony") over a period of 34 days in 1967 before Walker flies out to Paris. They're "trapped in the throes of constant, overpowering lust - sex beasts, lovers, best friends: the last two people left in the universe."
Gwyn is on the pill, so it's assumed that she can't fall pregnant.
They're both aware that society defines their relationship as a "monumental transgression, a dark and iniquitous thing according to the laws of man and God."
Yet, they justify the relationship as "real love":
"You tell yourself that love is not a moral issue, desire is not a moral issue, and as long as you cause no harm to each other or anyone else, you will not be breaking your vow [to live your life as an ethical human being]."
"Pure Make-Believe"
When, 40 years later, Gwyn is shown a copy of Part II of the book, she responds that the relationship was a fantasy of Adam's, "a [salacious] dream of what he wished had happened but never did".
Even if they might both have wished for it to occur, Gwtn says it never eventuated:
"What Adam wrote was pure make-believe."
Fantasy and/or Reality
This raises a question about the relationship between fact and fiction in literary fiction.
If 75% of a novel is written in a realistic, non-fictional style (which we assume to be "true") and 25% is written in the style of fiction or fantasy, is it tempting to assume that the other 25% is also true?
Is this the premise upon which both Nabokov and Auster play their narratological games with us readers?
SOUNDTRACK:
September 15, 2019
What happened to the Auster of old? The one that nods towards Beckett and Kafka? The one that made him stand out from the crowd. Whilst Invisible was full of the typical Auster tropes, one being the oddly detached roaming male narrator from the novel's first third, I think not only has Auster got more sentimental with age, but far more mainstream as well. This novel could have been written by so many other American novelists. It started out really well though, and I didn't have a problem with the multiple narrators, nor the fact the novel has stories within the main story, and it was, earlier on, a real intriguing page-turner, as a three-way relationship developed, but it just fell away for me in the last third, like he didn't know what direction to go in, plus it contains a sloppy ending. What's strange, is that only a year later in 2010 he would write 'Sunset Park', a novel I personally think is his best since 1992's 'Leviathan'.
February 22, 2021
I鈥檓 not sure I can concisely describe what I just read. But it was good writing and the way the book was structured鈥�4 parts with 3 people separately responsible for the narration鈥攎aintained by attention throughout. I looked at my records and the only book I read by Paul Auster was a memoir of his, The Invention of Solitude. I read it way back in 1998 so I am sure if I read it again it will be like I never read it. I guess that is a blessing rather than a curse鈥攏ot remembering books read after a certain amount of time has elapsed. Although I worry鈥 read Jamaica Inn twice within one year, the second time not aware of reading it before although I guessed the ending (no duh Jim, you just read it five months ago!!!). 馃槓 Now how did I get off on that tangent?
Anyhoo, any recommendations on what I read next by Paul Auster will be welcome. 馃檭
I can鈥檛 tell who was spinning a false narrative in this novel, so I will be anxious to read reviews. (thirty minutes later: After reading some reviews, I still don鈥檛 know.)
Book starts out in 1967 in New York City (Vietnam War era). Adam Walker, a graduate student, remembers He didn鈥檛 seem like the sort to lie.
Cecile Juin, daughter of Helene, A Frenchwoman who Rudolph Born was supposed to marry (i.e., Helene), kept a diary and relates an episode in her life when she went to a Caribbean island where Born was living and She does not believe Born. At this point near the end of the novel I don鈥檛 know who or what to believe.
The third person who had a voice in this story is Jim Freeman, the person who is Adam鈥檚 friend from way back in 1967 and is a successful author and who has been entrusted by Adam to publish the chapters of the book sent him by Adam if he thinks it is publishable.
And the book ends abruptly and I don鈥檛 know what to make of that either. I鈥檓 still clueless as to what this novel was all about, although the book liner tells us it is supposed to be about鈥�
鈥� "Youthful rage, unbridled sexual hunger, ad a relentless quest for justice. With uncompromising insight, Auster takes us into the shadowy borderland between truth and memory, between authorship and identity鈥�.鈥�
Reviews
鈥�
鈥� (the reviewer, Clancy Martin, calls it the finest novel Paul Auster has ever written and at that time he had written 15)
鈥�
Note:
I read this book in about 3 hours. It was a fast read, it was easy to read, and it was a pleasant read. Although I can鈥檛 tell you about the novel鈥hat it all meant, even in a spoiler alert, because I don鈥檛 know what it all meant, I have to say this reviewer鈥檚 assessment below is exactly the way I felt and why I am giving it 3.5 (rounded up to 4) stars:
鈥� As soon as you finish Paul Auster鈥檚 鈥淚nvisible鈥� you want to read it again. And not because, as sometimes with his novels 鈥� as with the novels of Georges Perec, one of a handful of other real authors mentioned in the book 鈥� you suddenly suspect, at the very end, that you haven鈥檛 properly understood a word of what has gone before. You want to reread 鈥淚nvisible鈥� because it moves quickly, easily, somehow sinuously, and you worry that there were good parts that you read right past, insights that you missed. The prose is contemporary American writing at its best: crisp, elegant, brisk. It has the illusion of effortlessness that comes only with fierce discipline. As often happens when you are in the hands of a master, you read the next sentence almost before you are finished with the previous one. The novel could be read shallowly, because it is such a pleasure to read.
Anyhoo, any recommendations on what I read next by Paul Auster will be welcome. 馃檭
I can鈥檛 tell who was spinning a false narrative in this novel, so I will be anxious to read reviews. (thirty minutes later: After reading some reviews, I still don鈥檛 know.)
Book starts out in 1967 in New York City (Vietnam War era). Adam Walker, a graduate student, remembers He didn鈥檛 seem like the sort to lie.
Cecile Juin, daughter of Helene, A Frenchwoman who Rudolph Born was supposed to marry (i.e., Helene), kept a diary and relates an episode in her life when she went to a Caribbean island where Born was living and She does not believe Born. At this point near the end of the novel I don鈥檛 know who or what to believe.
The third person who had a voice in this story is Jim Freeman, the person who is Adam鈥檚 friend from way back in 1967 and is a successful author and who has been entrusted by Adam to publish the chapters of the book sent him by Adam if he thinks it is publishable.
And the book ends abruptly and I don鈥檛 know what to make of that either. I鈥檓 still clueless as to what this novel was all about, although the book liner tells us it is supposed to be about鈥�
鈥� "Youthful rage, unbridled sexual hunger, ad a relentless quest for justice. With uncompromising insight, Auster takes us into the shadowy borderland between truth and memory, between authorship and identity鈥�.鈥�
Reviews
鈥�
鈥� (the reviewer, Clancy Martin, calls it the finest novel Paul Auster has ever written and at that time he had written 15)
鈥�
Note:
I read this book in about 3 hours. It was a fast read, it was easy to read, and it was a pleasant read. Although I can鈥檛 tell you about the novel鈥hat it all meant, even in a spoiler alert, because I don鈥檛 know what it all meant, I have to say this reviewer鈥檚 assessment below is exactly the way I felt and why I am giving it 3.5 (rounded up to 4) stars:
鈥� As soon as you finish Paul Auster鈥檚 鈥淚nvisible鈥� you want to read it again. And not because, as sometimes with his novels 鈥� as with the novels of Georges Perec, one of a handful of other real authors mentioned in the book 鈥� you suddenly suspect, at the very end, that you haven鈥檛 properly understood a word of what has gone before. You want to reread 鈥淚nvisible鈥� because it moves quickly, easily, somehow sinuously, and you worry that there were good parts that you read right past, insights that you missed. The prose is contemporary American writing at its best: crisp, elegant, brisk. It has the illusion of effortlessness that comes only with fierce discipline. As often happens when you are in the hands of a master, you read the next sentence almost before you are finished with the previous one. The novel could be read shallowly, because it is such a pleasure to read.
May 24, 2023
鈥淚nvis铆vel鈥� 茅 um Paul Auster sem tirar nem p么r, com as coincid锚ncias e a metaliteratura que o definem, mas depois de v谩rios momentos bons, deixou-me insatisfeita pela composi莽茫o das personagens e pela interac莽茫o entre elas. H谩 na g茅nese de 鈥淚nvis铆vel鈥� algo do universo dos super-her贸is em que o vil茫o 茅 mesmo muito p茅rfido, enquanto o her贸i 茅 menos poderoso e, apesar de um forte sentido de justi莽a, faz algumas escolhas duvidosas.
Numa festa, Walker, estudante universit谩rio e aspirante a poeta, conhece a personagem d煤bia que 茅 Born, um professor universit谩rio franc锚s disposto a investir no seu talento liter谩rio. Aquilo que poderia ser o in铆cio de uma bela amizade termina abruptamente durante um assalto e Walker cai numa crise existencial.
Sim, tu 茅s imposs铆vel, e perguntas-te como 茅 que foste acabar neste beco sem sa铆da em que s贸 encontras desespero e um arreigado desprezo por ti mesmo. Ser谩 Born o 煤nico respons谩vel pelo que te aconteceu? Ser谩 poss铆vel que uma moment芒nea falta de coragem tenha minado a tua confian莽a em ti mesmo t茫o profundamente, ao ponto de n茫o acreditares no teu futuro? H谩 apenas alguns meses, ias incendiar o mundo com o teu fulgor, e agora achas-te est煤pido e inepto, uma m谩quina de masturba莽茫o perfeitamente ac茅fala.
Depois de uma viagem a Paris para estudar e tamb茅m acertar contas com o seu arqui-inimigo, Walker acaba por fazer uma viragem abrupta.
Tr锚s anos de Direito. A ideia era fazer alguma coisa de bom pelos outros, trabalhar com os pobres, os oprimidos, envolver-me com os humilhados e os invis铆veis e tentar defend锚-los contra as crueldades e a indiferen莽a da sociedade americana. (...) Da poesia para a justi莽a, ent茫o. Justi莽a po茅tica, se quiseres.
Quer na Nova Iorque de 1967, em plena Guerra do Vietname, quer na cidade de Paris do Maio de 68, Born, por detr谩s da sua bonomia, representa as for莽as retr贸gradas e as actividades insidiosas dos poderosos. Apesar de serem mais semelhantes do que se julgam, capazes de grandes mentiras e com tend锚ncias para a pervers茫o sexual, no final, vence o mal na sua mais pura express茫o, obviamente, porque o mal vence sempre, nem que seja atrav茅s da reinven莽茫o.
Cinquenta ou sessenta homens e mulheres negros agachados naquele terreno, com martelos e escopros nas suas m茫os, malhando nas pedras enquanto o sol malhava nos seus corpos, sem sombra nenhuma em s铆tio nenhum, o suor brilhando em todos os rostos.
Numa festa, Walker, estudante universit谩rio e aspirante a poeta, conhece a personagem d煤bia que 茅 Born, um professor universit谩rio franc锚s disposto a investir no seu talento liter谩rio. Aquilo que poderia ser o in铆cio de uma bela amizade termina abruptamente durante um assalto e Walker cai numa crise existencial.
Sim, tu 茅s imposs铆vel, e perguntas-te como 茅 que foste acabar neste beco sem sa铆da em que s贸 encontras desespero e um arreigado desprezo por ti mesmo. Ser谩 Born o 煤nico respons谩vel pelo que te aconteceu? Ser谩 poss铆vel que uma moment芒nea falta de coragem tenha minado a tua confian莽a em ti mesmo t茫o profundamente, ao ponto de n茫o acreditares no teu futuro? H谩 apenas alguns meses, ias incendiar o mundo com o teu fulgor, e agora achas-te est煤pido e inepto, uma m谩quina de masturba莽茫o perfeitamente ac茅fala.
Depois de uma viagem a Paris para estudar e tamb茅m acertar contas com o seu arqui-inimigo, Walker acaba por fazer uma viragem abrupta.
Tr锚s anos de Direito. A ideia era fazer alguma coisa de bom pelos outros, trabalhar com os pobres, os oprimidos, envolver-me com os humilhados e os invis铆veis e tentar defend锚-los contra as crueldades e a indiferen莽a da sociedade americana. (...) Da poesia para a justi莽a, ent茫o. Justi莽a po茅tica, se quiseres.
Quer na Nova Iorque de 1967, em plena Guerra do Vietname, quer na cidade de Paris do Maio de 68, Born, por detr谩s da sua bonomia, representa as for莽as retr贸gradas e as actividades insidiosas dos poderosos. Apesar de serem mais semelhantes do que se julgam, capazes de grandes mentiras e com tend锚ncias para a pervers茫o sexual, no final, vence o mal na sua mais pura express茫o, obviamente, porque o mal vence sempre, nem que seja atrav茅s da reinven莽茫o.
Cinquenta ou sessenta homens e mulheres negros agachados naquele terreno, com martelos e escopros nas suas m茫os, malhando nas pedras enquanto o sol malhava nos seus corpos, sem sombra nenhuma em s铆tio nenhum, o suor brilhando em todos os rostos.
January 24, 2012
To say I liked this book, or even enjoyed it, would be saying too much. But I thought it was good, which is why I'm giving it four stars. It was good, even though I found nothing and no one within the pages likable or sympathetic. Actually, a lot of it was disturbing. Thinking a book is good while at the same time disliking it is not an experience I've had often, if ever. I have no desire ever to revisit this book.
October 21, 2017
Paul Auster (n. 1947) - Ilustra莽茫o de Andr茅 Carrilho
5 Estrelas Invis铆veis
O escritor norte-americano Paul Auster (n. 1947) publica 鈥滻苍惫颈蝉铆惫别濒 em 2009, o seu d茅cimo quinto romance, o meu nono reencontro com um dos escritores mais originais e emblem谩ticos da literatura contempor芒nea.
鈥滻苍惫颈蝉铆惫别濒鈥� est谩 subdividido em quatro cap铆tulos e tr锚s narradores, numa hist贸ria fragmentada, na primeira, segunda e terceira pessoa.
鈥滻苍惫颈蝉铆惫别濒 茅 um livro admir谩vel, com m煤ltiplos narradores, 鈥渉ist贸rias鈥� dentro da 鈥渉ist贸ria鈥�, com personagens extravagantes e sofisticadas, manipuladoras e depravadas, com brilhantes divaga莽玫es liter谩rias e cinematogr谩ficas, num texto fragmentado, no espa莽o e no tempo, com revela莽玫es contradit贸rias e incertas sobre o passado, sobre a culpa e a f煤ria, num desejo de vingan莽a, em que a raiva se sobrep玫e 脿 raz茫o.
A qualidade da escrita de Paul Auster 茅 ador谩vel e a estrutura do romance fazem de 鈥滻苍惫颈蝉铆惫别濒鈥� um verdadeiro 鈥減age-turner鈥�, um thriller (?), sobre a viol锚ncia e o prazer sexual, onde o leitor se torna c煤mplice, num jogo de sedu莽茫o, engano, obsess茫o e trai莽茫o num verdadeiro labirinto narrativo.
O t铆tulo 鈥滻苍惫颈蝉铆惫别濒鈥� n茫o 茅 mais do que uma met谩fora鈥� (a palavra 鈥渋nvis铆vel鈥� s贸 aparece no texto quatro vezes).
Imagem da ilustra莽茫o de Gustave Dor茅, do s茅culo XIX, referente ao Canto XXVIII de "A Divina Com茅dia". Nesta imagem Bertran de Born 茅 condenado a ter a cabe莽a separada do corpo para sempre, por ter causado a separa莽茫o de pai e filho.
"鈥� um homem que se arrastava ao longo dos 煤ltimos versos do vig茅simo oitavo canto do Inferno. Bertran de Born, o poeta proven莽al do s茅culo XII, que leva numa m茫o a sua cabe莽a decepada, pegando nela pelos cabelos, e a faz balou莽ar como se fora uma lanterna鈥� "(P谩g. 7)
"O medo 茅 uma coisa boa鈥� 茅 o medo que nos leva a correr riscos e a ultrapassar os nossos limites normais鈥�" (P谩g. 71)
May 6, 2019
Ovo je prava literatura. Napisana jednostavno, ne komplikuju膰i u stilu, i kao takva lagano se 膷ita. Ni ne znaju膰i objasniti za拧to, shvata拧 da dr啪i拧 u rukama ne拧to uzbudljivo i da strana stranu sti啪e.
Ali, daleko od toga da je ovo jednostavan roman. Glavna tema su se膰anje i istina, a po拧to imamo posla ne sa jednim, ve膰 sa (barem) dva nepouzdana naratora, pogled na istinu je toliko komplikovaniji.
Ukoliko bih krenuo da prepri膷avam narativ, verovatno bi pri膷a zvu膷ala opasno prose膷no. Ali, valjda je to majstorstvo pripovednog zanata - nije toliko bitan sadr啪aj pri膷e, ve膰 na膷in kako je ispri膷ana. Oster po膷inje u prvom, nastavlja u drugom (!) i zavr拧ava u tre膰em licu. Tu je i forma dnevnika, knjiga-u-knjizi, a interesantno je da shvata拧 da je pred nama pri膷a koju pi拧e 膷italac a 膷ita pisac. Originalno, ali ne zbog originalnosti same, ve膰 prime膰uje拧 da te akrobacije imaju svoju ulogu.
Odli膷no. Upravo ube膽ujem suprugu koja obo啪ava Murakamija, da proba i Ostera. Imaju njih dvojica ne拧to zajedni膷ko.
Ali, daleko od toga da je ovo jednostavan roman. Glavna tema su se膰anje i istina, a po拧to imamo posla ne sa jednim, ve膰 sa (barem) dva nepouzdana naratora, pogled na istinu je toliko komplikovaniji.
Ukoliko bih krenuo da prepri膷avam narativ, verovatno bi pri膷a zvu膷ala opasno prose膷no. Ali, valjda je to majstorstvo pripovednog zanata - nije toliko bitan sadr啪aj pri膷e, ve膰 na膷in kako je ispri膷ana. Oster po膷inje u prvom, nastavlja u drugom (!) i zavr拧ava u tre膰em licu. Tu je i forma dnevnika, knjiga-u-knjizi, a interesantno je da shvata拧 da je pred nama pri膷a koju pi拧e 膷italac a 膷ita pisac. Originalno, ali ne zbog originalnosti same, ve膰 prime膰uje拧 da te akrobacije imaju svoju ulogu.
Odli膷no. Upravo ube膽ujem suprugu koja obo啪ava Murakamija, da proba i Ostera. Imaju njih dvojica ne拧to zajedni膷ko.
September 18, 2013
1967 was a pivotal year for Adam Walker, for it was then, when he was a twenty-year-old student in New York, that he met the enigmatic Rudolph Bern and his then partner Margot at a party. Following the party he is witness to a murder and the consequences of that ripple throughout the novel. Combined with incest and intrigue these events keep you gripped to the very end. Nothing is quite as it seems and, even now, I am not entirely sure of the exact truth.
With regard to style, there are, effectively, three narrators, part II is in the second person and inverted commas are not used (something which usually annoys me). The characters felt extremely life-like and were well drawn. Although I have not met anyone like these people (and, frankly in some cases, I sincerely hope I never do) they were eminently believable. His writing is superb - just enough description to imagine yourself there - and the book is very tightly plotted indeed.
This was my first foray into Auster's work. It will by no means be my last. Recommended.
With regard to style, there are, effectively, three narrators, part II is in the second person and inverted commas are not used (something which usually annoys me). The characters felt extremely life-like and were well drawn. Although I have not met anyone like these people (and, frankly in some cases, I sincerely hope I never do) they were eminently believable. His writing is superb - just enough description to imagine yourself there - and the book is very tightly plotted indeed.
This was my first foray into Auster's work. It will by no means be my last. Recommended.
September 5, 2024
Antes de ter lido 鈥淚nvis铆vel鈥� de Paul Auster apenas tinha lido 鈥淎 Trilogia de Nova Iorque鈥�, devia eu ter uns dezanove anos, e lembro-me de ter considerado o seu estilo como muito caracter铆stico, muito complexo e muito sombrio, mesmo sem ter nenhuma outra refer锚ncia que suportasse tal reflex茫o; apenas aquelas tr锚s hist贸rias de mist茅rio centradas no submundo de Nova Iorque: 鈥淐idade de Vidro鈥�, 鈥淔antasmas鈥� e 鈥淥 Quarto Fechado 脿 Chave鈥�. De facto, apreciei muito o que li e nunca mais me esqueci daquele livro, mesmo tendo abandonado durante tanto tempo o mundo liter谩rio deste escritor.
Chego a 鈥淚nvis铆vel鈥�, livro com uma trama muito complexa, mas, contudo, muito elegante, se 茅 que posso utilizar este termo, e consegui verificar as minhas cogita莽玫es anteriores acerca do estilo de Auster.
Acompanhei a hist贸ria de Adam Walker de forma dedicada; n茫o tive sequer a ousadia de achar que o desenrolar da trama deveria ser desta ou daquela maneira, limitando-me a ser uma mera testemunha da evolu莽茫o da complexidade das personagens e das suas intera莽玫es.
Com esta obra, embora fict铆cia, tive a oportunidade 煤nica de explorar a natureza humana na sua forma mais sombria. As quatro partes fascinaram-me em igual medida e nem sequer o final me desencantou.
Paul Auster deixou-nos, sem d煤vida, um legado 煤nico.
Chego a 鈥淚nvis铆vel鈥�, livro com uma trama muito complexa, mas, contudo, muito elegante, se 茅 que posso utilizar este termo, e consegui verificar as minhas cogita莽玫es anteriores acerca do estilo de Auster.
Acompanhei a hist贸ria de Adam Walker de forma dedicada; n茫o tive sequer a ousadia de achar que o desenrolar da trama deveria ser desta ou daquela maneira, limitando-me a ser uma mera testemunha da evolu莽茫o da complexidade das personagens e das suas intera莽玫es.
Com esta obra, embora fict铆cia, tive a oportunidade 煤nica de explorar a natureza humana na sua forma mais sombria. As quatro partes fascinaram-me em igual medida e nem sequer o final me desencantou.
Paul Auster deixou-nos, sem d煤vida, um legado 煤nico.
June 20, 2009
I think a lot of people have given up on Auster, after his series of novels in the 21st Century. But "Invisible," his new one is a winner. He's a guy who keeps on working, no matter what, so you have to appreciate his work habits - but to me as a reader and once fan, well.. his novels became a boring horror show.
And just as I was about to heap him to junk history, his new novel arrives and it's an incredible narrative ride. I think Auster's technique or secret is that he is very much a page-turner type of author. Almost summer reading on the beach or airplane/terminal type of writer - but smarter and more ambitious. Two, he writes in a very intimate manner. Almost like pulling you away from a l loud party gathering and telling you a secret or some really great gossip. And with that, Auster is back on what he does best, entertains. Very sexy, intimate, and interesting characters are in this book. It also deals with what one thinks of the romantic life of a writer or being a writer. And while reading this novel, I was thinking 'wow, I missed him."
So yeah a really good novel by Auster that matches up with his earlier work from the 80's. I think he got his inspiration or muse or whatever one calls it back, and it shows in "Invisible."
And just as I was about to heap him to junk history, his new novel arrives and it's an incredible narrative ride. I think Auster's technique or secret is that he is very much a page-turner type of author. Almost summer reading on the beach or airplane/terminal type of writer - but smarter and more ambitious. Two, he writes in a very intimate manner. Almost like pulling you away from a l loud party gathering and telling you a secret or some really great gossip. And with that, Auster is back on what he does best, entertains. Very sexy, intimate, and interesting characters are in this book. It also deals with what one thinks of the romantic life of a writer or being a writer. And while reading this novel, I was thinking 'wow, I missed him."
So yeah a really good novel by Auster that matches up with his earlier work from the 80's. I think he got his inspiration or muse or whatever one calls it back, and it shows in "Invisible."
July 2, 2019
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