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爻蹖丿賳蹖 丕購乇 丕夭 蹖讴 賳賵卮鬲鈥屫з佖藏ж辟佖辟堌篡� 丿賮鬲乇蹖 噩賱丿 丌亘蹖 賲蹖鈥屫必�. 丕賵 讴賴 鬲丕 賳購賴 乇賵夭 亘毓丿 丿乇 噩丕丿賵蹖 丌賳 丿賮鬲乇 丕爻蹖乇 丕爻鬲貙 亘賴 丿丕賲 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖鈥屬囏й� 丕爻乇丕乇丌賲蹖夭 賵 乇賵蹖丿丕丿賴丕蹖 卮诏賮鬲鈥屫①堌臂� 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭賳丕卮賵蹖蹖鈥屫ж� 乇丕 亘賴 趩丕賱卮 賲蹖鈥屭┴簇� 賵 氐丨鬲 丿蹖丿诏丕賴鈥屬囏й屫� 乇丕 亘丕 鬲乇丿蹖丿 乇賵亘賴鈥屫辟� 賲蹖鈥屫池ж藏�... 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 倬賱 丕爻鬲乇 亘賴 賯氐賴鈥屬囏й� 丕乇賵丕丨 卮亘丕賴鬲 丿丕乇丿貙 亘丕 丕蹖賳 鬲賮丕賵鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺亘乇蹖 丕夭 丕乇賵丕丨 賳蹖爻鬲! 卮亘 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й屰� 賵丕賯毓蹖 讴賴 丿乇 毓乇氐賴鈥屬囏й� 賵賴賲鈥屫з嗂屫� 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬乇爻賴 賲蹖鈥屫操嗁嗀�.
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First published December 2, 2003
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Paul Auster
346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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Oracle Night, Paul Auster
The novel is about a writer named Sidney Orr (Orlovsky), who, after making a miraculous recovery from near fatal illness, buys a new notebook and starts writing a story about a man who completely changed his life when he realized how much his existence was ruled by randomness.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賲丕賴 賳賵丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱2003賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 卮亘 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖貨 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1384貨 丿乇271氐貨 賮乇賵爻鬲 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丕賲乇賵夭貙 乇賲丕賳23貨 卮丕亘讴9643691632貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 爻丕賱1386貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 爻丕賱1392貨 趩丕倬 卮卮賲 爻丕賱 1397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
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦卮亘 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖禄貙 乇賵丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 噩賵丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 倬爻 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 丿賵乇蹖 丕夭 賳賵卮鬲賳貨 亘丕 禺乇蹖丿賳 蹖讴 丿賮鬲乇趩賴 蹖 丌亘蹖 乇賳诏貙 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯 賳賵卮鬲賳 乇丕貙 丿乇 禺賵丿 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 賵 亘丕 胤乇丨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丿乇 匕賴賳卮貙 丌睾丕夭 亘賴 賳诏丕乇卮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖讴賳丿貨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇丕 鬲乇讴 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 賵 賳丕倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖卮賵丿貨 鬲丕 丿乇 噩丕蹖蹖 丿蹖诏乇貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿 亘爻丕夭丿...貨 噩賵丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 讴賴 亘賴 鬲丕夭诏蹖 倬爻 丕夭 诏匕乇丕賳丿賳 蹖讴 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 丿卮賵丕乇 賵 讴卮賳丿賴貙 亘賴亘賵丿 蹖丕賮鬲賴貙 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 丌睾丕夭 讴乇丿賴貙 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵蹖卮貙 亘賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴賲爻乇卮 賳蹖夭 賲蹖倬乇丿丕夭丿貨 賵 丕蹖賳 爻亘亘 丕蹖噩丕丿 趩丕賱卮賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲卮鬲乇讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 賴賲爻乇卮 賲蹖卮賵丿貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 噩賵丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賳 亘賴 亘禺卮賴丕蹖 倬賳賴丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲卮鬲乇讴卮丕賳貙 禺蹖丕賱倬乇丿丕夭蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿貨 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 倬蹖卮 賲蹖亘乇丿...貨
賳賯賱 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘: (賲丕 毓丕卮賯 亘丿賳賴丕 賳賲蹖卮賵蹖賲貙 亘賱讴賴 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 毓卮賯 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇 賲蹖卮賵蹖賲貙 賵 丕诏乇趩賴 賲賵噩賵丿蹖鬲 賲丕 丿乇 倬賵爻鬲 賵 丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳 賲丨丿賵丿 丕爻鬲貙 賵賱蹖 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丿乇 丌賳 禺賱丕氐賴 賳賲蹖卮賵丿貨 賴賲賴 丕蹖賳 乇丕 賲蹖丿丕賳蹖賲貙 亘丕 丕蹖賳丨丕賱 亘賴 賲丨囟 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕夭 賮賴乇爻鬲 禺氐賵氐蹖丕鬲 馗丕賴乇蹖 賮乇丕鬲乇 賲蹖乇賵蹖賲貙 丿乇賲蹖賲丕賳蹖賲 賵 賵丕跇賴 賴丕 丿乇 爻乇丿乇诏賲蹖 賵 丕爻鬲毓丕乇賴 賴丕蹖 賲賴 丌賱賵丿 賵 亘蹖 丕爻丕爻貙 賲趩丕賱賴 賲蹖卮賵賳丿貨 亘毓囟蹖賴丕 丌賳乇丕 丌鬲卮 賵噩賵丿 賲蹖賳丕賲賳丿貨 亘乇禺蹖 卮毓賱賴 蹖 丿乇賵賳蹖貙 蹖丕 倬乇鬲賵 丿乇賵賳蹖 賵噩賵丿貙 賵 亘毓囟蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丌賳 乇丕 诏賵賴乇 賮乇賵夭丕賳 丿乇賵賳 賲蹖賳丕賲賳丿貨 丕蹖賳 丕氐胤賱丕丨丕鬲貙 賴賲蹖卮賴 鬲氐丕賵蹖乇 賳賵乇貙 诏乇賲丕貙 賵 賳蹖乇賵 乇丕貙 鬲丿丕毓蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳丿貨 丌賳 噩賵賴乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賴 诏丕賴 乇賵丨 賲蹖賳丕賲蹖賲貙 賴賲賵丕乇賴 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 趩卮賲 亘丕 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 賲蹖蹖丕亘丿貨 倬丕賮卮丕乇蹖 卮丕毓乇丕賳 亘乇 丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 丨鬲賲丕 丿乇爻鬲 丕爻鬲貨 乇丕夭 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯貙 亘丕 賳诏乇蹖爻鬲賳 亘賴 趩卮賲丕賳 賲丨亘賵亘貙 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖卮賵丿貙 趩賵賳 鬲賳賴丕 丿乇 丌賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳貙 賱丨馗賴 丕蹖 亘賴 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 丕賵 賵丕賯毓丕 賴爻鬲貙 倬蹖 亘乇丿...)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 20/09/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 28/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The novel is about a writer named Sidney Orr (Orlovsky), who, after making a miraculous recovery from near fatal illness, buys a new notebook and starts writing a story about a man who completely changed his life when he realized how much his existence was ruled by randomness.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賲丕賴 賳賵丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱2003賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 卮亘 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖貨 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1384貨 丿乇271氐貨 賮乇賵爻鬲 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丕賲乇賵夭貙 乇賲丕賳23貨 卮丕亘讴9643691632貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 爻丕賱1386貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 爻丕賱1392貨 趩丕倬 卮卮賲 爻丕賱 1397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
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦卮亘 倬蹖卮诏賵蹖蹖禄貙 乇賵丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 噩賵丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 倬爻 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 丿賵乇蹖 丕夭 賳賵卮鬲賳貨 亘丕 禺乇蹖丿賳 蹖讴 丿賮鬲乇趩賴 蹖 丌亘蹖 乇賳诏貙 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯 賳賵卮鬲賳 乇丕貙 丿乇 禺賵丿 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 賵 亘丕 胤乇丨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丿乇 匕賴賳卮貙 丌睾丕夭 亘賴 賳诏丕乇卮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖讴賳丿貨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇丕 鬲乇讴 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 賵 賳丕倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖卮賵丿貨 鬲丕 丿乇 噩丕蹖蹖 丿蹖诏乇貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿 亘爻丕夭丿...貨 噩賵丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 讴賴 亘賴 鬲丕夭诏蹖 倬爻 丕夭 诏匕乇丕賳丿賳 蹖讴 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 丿卮賵丕乇 賵 讴卮賳丿賴貙 亘賴亘賵丿 蹖丕賮鬲賴貙 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 丌睾丕夭 讴乇丿賴貙 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵蹖卮貙 亘賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴賲爻乇卮 賳蹖夭 賲蹖倬乇丿丕夭丿貨 賵 丕蹖賳 爻亘亘 丕蹖噩丕丿 趩丕賱卮賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲卮鬲乇讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 賴賲爻乇卮 賲蹖卮賵丿貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 噩賵丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賳 亘賴 亘禺卮賴丕蹖 倬賳賴丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲卮鬲乇讴卮丕賳貙 禺蹖丕賱倬乇丿丕夭蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿貨 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 倬蹖卮 賲蹖亘乇丿...貨
賳賯賱 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘: (賲丕 毓丕卮賯 亘丿賳賴丕 賳賲蹖卮賵蹖賲貙 亘賱讴賴 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 毓卮賯 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇 賲蹖卮賵蹖賲貙 賵 丕诏乇趩賴 賲賵噩賵丿蹖鬲 賲丕 丿乇 倬賵爻鬲 賵 丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳 賲丨丿賵丿 丕爻鬲貙 賵賱蹖 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丿乇 丌賳 禺賱丕氐賴 賳賲蹖卮賵丿貨 賴賲賴 丕蹖賳 乇丕 賲蹖丿丕賳蹖賲貙 亘丕 丕蹖賳丨丕賱 亘賴 賲丨囟 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕夭 賮賴乇爻鬲 禺氐賵氐蹖丕鬲 馗丕賴乇蹖 賮乇丕鬲乇 賲蹖乇賵蹖賲貙 丿乇賲蹖賲丕賳蹖賲 賵 賵丕跇賴 賴丕 丿乇 爻乇丿乇诏賲蹖 賵 丕爻鬲毓丕乇賴 賴丕蹖 賲賴 丌賱賵丿 賵 亘蹖 丕爻丕爻貙 賲趩丕賱賴 賲蹖卮賵賳丿貨 亘毓囟蹖賴丕 丌賳乇丕 丌鬲卮 賵噩賵丿 賲蹖賳丕賲賳丿貨 亘乇禺蹖 卮毓賱賴 蹖 丿乇賵賳蹖貙 蹖丕 倬乇鬲賵 丿乇賵賳蹖 賵噩賵丿貙 賵 亘毓囟蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丌賳 乇丕 诏賵賴乇 賮乇賵夭丕賳 丿乇賵賳 賲蹖賳丕賲賳丿貨 丕蹖賳 丕氐胤賱丕丨丕鬲貙 賴賲蹖卮賴 鬲氐丕賵蹖乇 賳賵乇貙 诏乇賲丕貙 賵 賳蹖乇賵 乇丕貙 鬲丿丕毓蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳丿貨 丌賳 噩賵賴乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賴 诏丕賴 乇賵丨 賲蹖賳丕賲蹖賲貙 賴賲賵丕乇賴 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 趩卮賲 亘丕 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 賲蹖蹖丕亘丿貨 倬丕賮卮丕乇蹖 卮丕毓乇丕賳 亘乇 丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 丨鬲賲丕 丿乇爻鬲 丕爻鬲貨 乇丕夭 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯貙 亘丕 賳诏乇蹖爻鬲賳 亘賴 趩卮賲丕賳 賲丨亘賵亘貙 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖卮賵丿貙 趩賵賳 鬲賳賴丕 丿乇 丌賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳貙 賱丨馗賴 丕蹖 亘賴 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 丕賵 賵丕賯毓丕 賴爻鬲貙 倬蹖 亘乇丿...)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 20/09/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 28/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
March 15, 2019
I had been sick for a long time. When the day came for me to leave the hospital, I barely knew how to walk anymore, could barely remember who I was supposed to be....
One of the best Austers I've read, seriously.
Auster, you love him or you hate him. I've struggled with his books, but always ended up fascinated.
Auster writes brooding stories, there's always something below the surface and to find out what's going on is a challenge....This is a brooding story too, it was a smooth read for me, enjoyed every moment of it. Brooding, fascinating, intriguing, loving & sad. Fantastic story, really. Auster uses storylines within the main story, by way of footer notes in small print. Yes, it worked for me. And again, I love Auster's usual setting, New York, Brooklyn. The main character in the book Sidney Orr, walks the streets of New York, recovering from a serious illness. I can see, smell and feel New York.... one of my favorite cities in the world.... Auster always knows how to describe it just in the right way.... Loved it. 4.5 stars, maybe five. It's a story that lingers in the back of your head....
Recommended.
The story in short: "Several months into his recovery from a near-fatal illness 34-old novelist Sidney Orr enters a stationery shop in Brooklyn and buys a blue notebook. For the next 9 days Orr will live under the spell of this blue book, trapped inside a world of eerie premonitions and bewildering events that threaten to destroy his marriage and undermine his faith in reality..."
One of the best Austers I've read, seriously.
Auster, you love him or you hate him. I've struggled with his books, but always ended up fascinated.
Auster writes brooding stories, there's always something below the surface and to find out what's going on is a challenge....This is a brooding story too, it was a smooth read for me, enjoyed every moment of it. Brooding, fascinating, intriguing, loving & sad. Fantastic story, really. Auster uses storylines within the main story, by way of footer notes in small print. Yes, it worked for me. And again, I love Auster's usual setting, New York, Brooklyn. The main character in the book Sidney Orr, walks the streets of New York, recovering from a serious illness. I can see, smell and feel New York.... one of my favorite cities in the world.... Auster always knows how to describe it just in the right way.... Loved it. 4.5 stars, maybe five. It's a story that lingers in the back of your head....
Recommended.
The story in short: "Several months into his recovery from a near-fatal illness 34-old novelist Sidney Orr enters a stationery shop in Brooklyn and buys a blue notebook. For the next 9 days Orr will live under the spell of this blue book, trapped inside a world of eerie premonitions and bewildering events that threaten to destroy his marriage and undermine his faith in reality..."
September 26, 2020
The story-within-the-story device gives Paul Auster plenty of freedom to orchestrate this postmodern novel. These are the (fake) jottings of an active writer and they include daily occurrences (diarylike), ideas for plots, a coherent free-flow of thoughts and musings, a scrapbook of so much mixed media which describes a vivid world dabbling in the surreal. His avoiding the usage of quotation marks in the story-within-the-story鈥檚 dialogue conveys the continuity of the writer鈥檚 imagination. He uses literary irony, sometimes his character鈥檚 descriptions are so remarkably like those he makes of his acquaintances. Plot-wise there is jumping around, making whole days lapse only one paragraph, creating different story lines and times, using repetition to give the reader a vague sense of d茅j脿 vu.
Chapterless, it continues in the major tradition of the thriller (continued & realized to its most masterful level in 2006 with Scott Smith鈥檚 novel of visceral horror The Ruins) to be easy-to-follow, despite having no rests between climaxes & plot revelations. The 鈥渘arcissistic novel鈥� brand is befitting of 'Oracle Night.'
Let鈥檚 not forget Auster's trademark use of footnotes. More than creating an 鈥渁cademic鈥� (i.e. entitled) voice, this tool can pump in more information to an otherwise 鈥渟hort鈥� novel. Footnotes are small pockets of compressed data; additionally they allow the reader to interact with the text itself. He flips the pages prematurely to get the "hidden" back story, breaking the rules of literature by traversing through the main plot itself...
This is a book about books through & through.
Chapterless, it continues in the major tradition of the thriller (continued & realized to its most masterful level in 2006 with Scott Smith鈥檚 novel of visceral horror The Ruins) to be easy-to-follow, despite having no rests between climaxes & plot revelations. The 鈥渘arcissistic novel鈥� brand is befitting of 'Oracle Night.'
Let鈥檚 not forget Auster's trademark use of footnotes. More than creating an 鈥渁cademic鈥� (i.e. entitled) voice, this tool can pump in more information to an otherwise 鈥渟hort鈥� novel. Footnotes are small pockets of compressed data; additionally they allow the reader to interact with the text itself. He flips the pages prematurely to get the "hidden" back story, breaking the rules of literature by traversing through the main plot itself...
This is a book about books through & through.
September 27, 2024
"賷孬賷乇賳賷 丿丕卅賲丕賸 丕賰鬲卮丕賮賷 賱賳賲丕匕噩 噩丿賷丿丞 賲賳 鬲丨賷賾夭賷 賵睾亘丕卅賷貙 賵兀賳 兀丿乇賰 兀賳賳賷 賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賳氐賮 賲丕 賰賳鬲 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賳賷 兀毓乇賮賴."
賵兀毓鬲亘乇 亘兀賳 乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賳亘丐 禺丕賱賮鬲 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丞. 賵兀卮賰乇 賲賳 丕賯鬲乇丨賴丕 毓賱賷賾.
亘丿丕賷丞賸貙 卮毓乇鬲 亘亘毓囟 丕賱鬲毓賯賷丿 賵丕賱氐毓賵亘丞 賮賷 鬲鬲亘賾毓 賲爻丕乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 賱兀賳賴丕 賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 噩丕亍鬲 賲禺丕賱賮丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷丞 匕丕鬲 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻乇賷毓丞 丕賱賲鬲賱丕丨賯丞 賵爻賴賱丞 丕賱爻乇丿. 賮賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 毓賳 賰賱 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲貙 鬲鬲卮丕亘賰 賮賷賴丕 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 賮賷 賳爻賷噩 乇賵丕卅賷 爻乇丿賷 賲購丨賰賲 賵噩匕賾丕亘貙 賵鬲鬲賳丕賵賱 兀賮賰丕乇丕賸 毓賳 賴卮丕卮丞 丕賱毓賵丕胤賮 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞貙 丕賱禺賵賮 丕賱賲購乇鬲賯亘 賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱貙 賵丕賱丨購亘 禺丕乇噩 丕賱賲賳胤賯貙 賵丕賱賲購鬲毓 丕賱毓丕亘乇丞 賱賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱賯賱賯 賵丕賱賵丨丿丞貙 賵丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 丕賱毓賳賮 賮賷 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賷丕鬲賳丕貙 賵丕賱丕賳噩匕丕亘 廿賱賶 丕賱賱丕賲乇卅賷丕鬲.
鬲亘丿兀 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 爻賷丿賳賷 兀賵乇貙 丕賱匕賷 亘丿兀 亘丕賱鬲毓丕賮賷 賲賳 賲乇囟賴 賲丐禺乇丕賸貙 賵賷賯乇乇 丕賱亘丿亍 亘賰鬲丕亘丞 乇賵丕賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 賮賷賴丕 毓賯丿丞 賮賱鬲賰乇丕賮鬲 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱氐賯乇 丕賱賲丕賱胤賷 賱丿丕卮賷賱 賴丕賲賷鬲. 賮賱鬲賰乇丕賮鬲 丕賱匕賷 賳噩丕 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 亘兀毓噩賵亘丞 賵賯乇乇 兀賳 賷亘丿兀 丨賷丕丞 噩丿賷丿丞. 賵賴賰匕丕 丨丕賱 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵乇貙 賳賷賰 亘賵賷賳 丕賱匕賷 賳噩丕 賴賵 丕賱丌禺乇 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 亘兀毓噩賵亘丞 賵賯乇乇 兀賳 賷亘丿兀 丨賷丕丞 噩丿賷丿丞貙 賮匕賴亘 賱賲丿賷賳丞 兀禺乇賶 賵賱賲 賷禺亘乇 夭賵噩鬲賴 亘丕賱胤亘毓貙 賵賱賲 賷賰賳 賷丨賲賱 賲毓賴 賲賳 賲鬲丕毓 爻賵賶 乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賳亘丐 賱爻賷賱賮賷丕 賲丕賰爻賵賷賱.. 賵亘匕賱賰 丕賳賯賱亘鬲 丨賷丕丞 亘賵賷賳 乇兀爻丕賸 毓賱賶 毓賯亘. 賵賯丿 賯乇兀 亘丿賵乇賴 乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賳亘丐 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱 噩賳丿賷 廿賳噩賱賷夭賷 賮賯丿 亘氐乇賴 禺賱丕賱 丕賱丨乇亘貙 賵亘毓丿 賳噩丕鬲賴 兀氐亘丨鬲 賱丿賷賴 賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 乇丐賷丞 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賵賴匕丕 匕賰賾乇賳賷 亘賲丨賲賵丿 丕賱爻賲賳賵丿賷 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷丞 賲孬賱 廿賷賰丕乇賵爻 賱兀丨賲丿 禺丕賱丿 鬲賵賮賷賯 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賲丐禺乇丕賸.. 賷毓賵丿 亘賳丕 兀賵爻鬲乇 廿賱賶 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷貙 爻賷丿賳賷 兀賵乇 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴 亘夭賵噩鬲賴 噩乇賷爻貙 賵氐丿賷賯 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賰亘賷乇 噩賵賳 鬲乇賵爻貙 賵丕賱丿賮鬲乇 丕賱亘乇鬲睾丕賱賷 丕賱兀夭乇賯貙 賵噩丕賰賵亘 丕亘賳 鬲乇賵爻貙 賵鬲卮丕賳睾 氐丕丨亘 賲賰鬲亘丞 賯氐乇 丕賱賵乇賯貙 賵賷丿賵乇 亘賳丕 賮賷 賮賱賰 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵賷乇氐丿 賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴丕 賵囟賷丕毓賴丕 賵亘丨孬賴丕 毓賳 賳賮爻賴丕 賵毓賳 丨丕囟乇賴丕 賵賲爻鬲賯亘賱賴丕.
賱卮丿 賲丕 兀毓購噩亘鬲 亘鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賲購爻鬲禺丿賲丞 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨鬲賵賷 毓賱賶 毓丿丞 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賵賯氐氐貙 賵賮賰乇丞 兀禺匕 丕賱賯乇賾丕亍 廿賱賶 賲乇丨賱丞 氐賳丕毓丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵賰賷賮 鬲鬲賯丕胤毓 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 亘亘毓囟賴丕 賮賷 氐賵乇丞 噩賲丕賱賷丞 賲購鬲賯賳丞 丕賱氐賳毓 毓賱賶 賷丿 乇賵丕卅賷 賲丕賴乇.
廿丨丿賶 兀賰孬乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 丕丨鬲乇丕賮賷丞 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷貙 賵賯丿 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘賴丕 亘卮丿丞貙 賵賱賳 鬲賰賵賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賮賷 賯乇丕卅鬲賷 賱亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇.
兀禺賷乇丕賸 兀毓鬲乇賮 亘丕賱氐毓賵亘丞 丕賱卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賵丕噩賴鬲賳賷 亘賲噩乇丿 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲乇丕噩毓丞 賱賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
"廿賳賳丕 賱丕 賳乇睾亘 賮賷 賲毓乇賮丞 賲鬲賶 爻賳賲賵鬲 兀賵 賲鬲賶 爻賷禺賵賳賳丕 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 丕賱匕賷賳 賳丨亘賴賲貙 賱賰賳賳丕 噩賵毓賶 賱賱鬲毓乇賾賮 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賵鬲賶 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷氐亘丨賵丕 賲賵鬲賶貙 賵兀賳 賳毓丕賷賳 丕賱兀賲賵丕鬲 賰賰丕卅賳丕鬲 丨賷賾丞."
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March 10, 2020
Audiobook... read by Paul Auster
This was my 3rd time listening to Auster read one of his books. His voice is distinct, engaging, natural, terrific rhythmic flow... complementing his storytelling prose.
I鈥檓 late to seriously becoming a fan... but, I鈥檓 definitely getting there.
Auster really holds my attention - so much so - I promised myself that the next Auster book I choose - I鈥檒l read it rather than listen to him.
I have a hard time separating the entertainment value between his voice or the story itself. I like both!
We meet Sidney Orr - a novelist... and the narrator.
Sidney was recovering from a serious illness. After leaving the hospital he walks into 鈥淭he Paper Palace鈥�, a stationary store and bought a blue notebook that was made in Portugal.
He becomes obsessed it - and he begins to write again after a period of writers block.
Interesting odd things start to happen as Sid begins to write.
This is a complex story about a book of stories, ( three to be specific), within stories...connecting them to all to Sidney. ( and all the things important in his own life).
The mystery, intrigue, and descriptions kept me glued.
This is a novel but it times it felt like it was non-fiction.
Set in 1982, we follow Sydney鈥榮 life for nine days. His marriage is threatened... coincidences happened... characters are compelling...( especially Grace, his wife)...
and we take an introspective look into the future.
For me - the greatness was the intimacy of Sidney 鈥榯elling鈥� the stories. ( leaving hints of the concerns of his own life).
That old saying, 鈥淚 could listen to this guy read the phone book鈥�, applies accurately for me with Paul Auster.
This was my 3rd time listening to Auster read one of his books. His voice is distinct, engaging, natural, terrific rhythmic flow... complementing his storytelling prose.
I鈥檓 late to seriously becoming a fan... but, I鈥檓 definitely getting there.
Auster really holds my attention - so much so - I promised myself that the next Auster book I choose - I鈥檒l read it rather than listen to him.
I have a hard time separating the entertainment value between his voice or the story itself. I like both!
We meet Sidney Orr - a novelist... and the narrator.
Sidney was recovering from a serious illness. After leaving the hospital he walks into 鈥淭he Paper Palace鈥�, a stationary store and bought a blue notebook that was made in Portugal.
He becomes obsessed it - and he begins to write again after a period of writers block.
Interesting odd things start to happen as Sid begins to write.
This is a complex story about a book of stories, ( three to be specific), within stories...connecting them to all to Sidney. ( and all the things important in his own life).
The mystery, intrigue, and descriptions kept me glued.
This is a novel but it times it felt like it was non-fiction.
Set in 1982, we follow Sydney鈥榮 life for nine days. His marriage is threatened... coincidences happened... characters are compelling...( especially Grace, his wife)...
and we take an introspective look into the future.
For me - the greatness was the intimacy of Sidney 鈥榯elling鈥� the stories. ( leaving hints of the concerns of his own life).
That old saying, 鈥淚 could listen to this guy read the phone book鈥�, applies accurately for me with Paul Auster.
January 13, 2012
Every time I start a Paul Auster book I get twenty pages into it and think,
"That's it. He's finally over stepped the mark. He's jumped from the edge of the clever cliff and into the precipice of w*nky too smart and arty for his own good literature". And then, I am always proved wrong. Sorry Paul I judge you too harshly!*
Another excellent book with the trademark Austerisms. Convoluted, random, perhaps even a little too common place at times, writhing like a bag of snakes the twists and turns had me on the ceiling and facing the wrong way before I knew it. This either means they were very good or that I am easily confused, I'll leave it to you to decide which.
*Although as a footnote (something that you seem to be all too fond of in this book), I just thought it was worth pointing out that as a personal preference it really winds me up when the footnotes are actually larger than the main text. Anyone else feel this way? Also if the footnote stretches for more than three pages and is running as a sort of contemporaneous commentary then it's probably worth just scrapping the footnotes and putting all the information into the main text... non? See, like here... I could have just put this bit of the review up there with the main part of the review but now you're down here reading this part of the review and by the time you glance back up to the main thread you'll have forgotten what I was talking about up there and be thinking about the footnote which is really just the story continued in another way. Hmmm. So is it annoying or is it just me?
"That's it. He's finally over stepped the mark. He's jumped from the edge of the clever cliff and into the precipice of w*nky too smart and arty for his own good literature". And then, I am always proved wrong. Sorry Paul I judge you too harshly!*
Another excellent book with the trademark Austerisms. Convoluted, random, perhaps even a little too common place at times, writhing like a bag of snakes the twists and turns had me on the ceiling and facing the wrong way before I knew it. This either means they were very good or that I am easily confused, I'll leave it to you to decide which.
*Although as a footnote (something that you seem to be all too fond of in this book), I just thought it was worth pointing out that as a personal preference it really winds me up when the footnotes are actually larger than the main text. Anyone else feel this way? Also if the footnote stretches for more than three pages and is running as a sort of contemporaneous commentary then it's probably worth just scrapping the footnotes and putting all the information into the main text... non? See, like here... I could have just put this bit of the review up there with the main part of the review but now you're down here reading this part of the review and by the time you glance back up to the main thread you'll have forgotten what I was talking about up there and be thinking about the footnote which is really just the story continued in another way. Hmmm. So is it annoying or is it just me?
September 22, 2021
CRITIQUE:
Back to Back
This novel made a good back-to-back read with Paul Auster's "The Book of Illusions".
You can normally rely on Auster to combine an interest in metafiction with an aptitude for strong story-telling, particularly in the private detective style.
Like "The Book of Illusions", "Oracle Night" embraces multiple dimensions of narrative. However, its story-telling is inferior, in comparison. In this case, Auster's preoccupation with the metafictional structure of the novel diminishes and almost conceals what little story there is - perhaps, because different aspects of the story are contained in different components of the metafiction. For some reason, the segments of the story remain disconnected and segmented, rather than becoming connected and integrated. The narrative never quite adds up to an alluring story. The story remains incoherent.
"The Book of Illusions" was tightly structured around its numbered chapters. Here, there are no chapters, just occasional breaks in the text, where Auster transitions from one segment of metafiction to another. Because each of these segments contains a different aspect of the overall story, the reader makes a transition as well. The boundary between two segments is like a magic door or portal through which the reader progresses (or regresses) into the next segment.
Nine Days in September, 1982
Auster (or the implied author of the text) frequently specifies the date of the year (or the day of the week) and the time of day. Unless you start paying attention to this practice, you mightn't realise that the novel deals primarily with a discrete period of time (nine days), although this is probably implicit in any work of fiction. Once again, the perspective is from twenty years into the future. Or these events supposedly occurred twenty years into the past.
The further the novel progresses, though, the more Auster refers to the day of the week, rather than the date of the year. Thus, he gives us less information about the overall timeframe.
It's almost as if Auster's goal was to see how much he could dismantle the narrative, and still permit a reader to detect and appreciate the overall story.
"There's a Novel in This Somewhere"
This is probably the most disparate and puzzling of Auster's metafictional projects that I've read to date. It's possible that there are just too many parts that fail to add up to a satisfying sum.
Firstly, and most obviously, there is the novel that Auster himself has written, ostensibly called "Oracle Night".
The immediate focus of Auster's novel is the writer, Sidney Orr, and his wife, Grace, a graphic designer, and their relationship with another writer, friend and father figure, John Trause (an anagram for Auster). Sid is recovering from a fall, which might or might not symbolise his sense of inadequacy about his relationship with Grace.
It's never clear whether Trause's purpose is to cement or destabilise the relationship between Sid and Grace. Sid imagines that Trause is having an affair with Grace, despite the age difference between them. The relationship between the three drifts between affection and antagonism. Still, Trause offers to "lend" one of his unpublished works ("The Empire of Bones") to Sid, so that he can use it to write a screenplay for a fee that he needs to repay his medical debts.
In order to start his new project, Sid purchases a blue notebook made in Portugal at a stationery store called "Paper Palace". The owner is a Chinese man, M. R. Chang, whom Sid encounters in various contexts that test his commitment to his writing project, his fidelity to Grace and his ability to defend himself physically. Sid suffers from a troubled or guilty conscience about his frailty and vulnerability to temptation, even if it occurs solely in his imagination.
"The Plot Was Too Cerebral"(1)
At the suggestion of his agent, Sid also writes a treatment for a film based on H.G. Wells' novel,"The Time Machine". Sid regards his work as "a piece of shit...pure rubbish...fantasy drek of the lowest order, but it felt like a possible movie to me." Unfortunately, for him, the treatment is rejected, because "the plot was too cerebral," an assessment that could equally apply to much of Auster's work.
On the other hand, Trause prompts Sid to write a novel based on the Flitcraft parable (2) told in Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon". Hammett inferred from this story that "men died at haphazard, and lived only while blind chance spared them."
Trause suggests, "There's a novel in this somewhere...It's a terrific premise. All you need is a story to go with it."
"All You Need is a Story to Go with It"
Sid's novel aims to supply the story. It's about a couple called Nick and Eva Bowen, whose relationship mirrors that of Sid and Grace.
In this novel within a novel, Nick (a literary agent) receives and reads the manuscript for a novel called "Oracle Night" (a novel within a novel within a novel), which was written by the fictional Sylvia Maxwell, a supposedly popular writer in the twenties and thirties. The protagonist is Lemuel Flagg, a British lieutenant blinded by a mortar explosion in the trenches of World War I. Like Sid, he is nursed back to health, until he falls in love with a woman and proposes marriage to her. He predicts that the marriage is doomed, and eventually commits suicide.
This is just one of several stories that approaches soap opera in form and content.
While walking along the street, Nick narrowly avoids being struck on the head by a falling gargoyle, which replicates part of the Flitcraft parable/episode.
Soon after, Nick travels to Kansas City for a break from Eva, where he encounters a cab driver called Ed Victory (Johnson), who accidentally locks him in an underground bunker he uses to store old phone books (one of which, from Warsaw, contains entries for Sid's Polish family name, Orlovsky). This sub-story seems to be overlooked, because at the end of the main novel, Nick is still locked in the bunker awaiting his death. Sid hasn't resolved how to end the story convincingly.
Haphazard Construction
Nevertheless, Auster places all of these ingredients in a literary bowl and stirs them until something tenable emerges, as if by chance:
I'm tempted to agree with Trause that "there's a novel in this somewhere," even if it seems to be largely haphazard, and it's not readily identifiable on the pages of the book.
FOOTNOTES:
(1) Some of the many footnotes were spread over four pages, and could equally have been included in the body of the text. I've never really understood the appeal of this post-modernist affectation.
(2) The Flitcraft parable:
Maureen's Review of "The Maltese Falcon"
My review of "The Maltese Falcon
SOUNDTRACK:
Back to Back
This novel made a good back-to-back read with Paul Auster's "The Book of Illusions".
You can normally rely on Auster to combine an interest in metafiction with an aptitude for strong story-telling, particularly in the private detective style.
Like "The Book of Illusions", "Oracle Night" embraces multiple dimensions of narrative. However, its story-telling is inferior, in comparison. In this case, Auster's preoccupation with the metafictional structure of the novel diminishes and almost conceals what little story there is - perhaps, because different aspects of the story are contained in different components of the metafiction. For some reason, the segments of the story remain disconnected and segmented, rather than becoming connected and integrated. The narrative never quite adds up to an alluring story. The story remains incoherent.
"The Book of Illusions" was tightly structured around its numbered chapters. Here, there are no chapters, just occasional breaks in the text, where Auster transitions from one segment of metafiction to another. Because each of these segments contains a different aspect of the overall story, the reader makes a transition as well. The boundary between two segments is like a magic door or portal through which the reader progresses (or regresses) into the next segment.
Nine Days in September, 1982
Auster (or the implied author of the text) frequently specifies the date of the year (or the day of the week) and the time of day. Unless you start paying attention to this practice, you mightn't realise that the novel deals primarily with a discrete period of time (nine days), although this is probably implicit in any work of fiction. Once again, the perspective is from twenty years into the future. Or these events supposedly occurred twenty years into the past.
The further the novel progresses, though, the more Auster refers to the day of the week, rather than the date of the year. Thus, he gives us less information about the overall timeframe.
It's almost as if Auster's goal was to see how much he could dismantle the narrative, and still permit a reader to detect and appreciate the overall story.
"There's a Novel in This Somewhere"
This is probably the most disparate and puzzling of Auster's metafictional projects that I've read to date. It's possible that there are just too many parts that fail to add up to a satisfying sum.
Firstly, and most obviously, there is the novel that Auster himself has written, ostensibly called "Oracle Night".
The immediate focus of Auster's novel is the writer, Sidney Orr, and his wife, Grace, a graphic designer, and their relationship with another writer, friend and father figure, John Trause (an anagram for Auster). Sid is recovering from a fall, which might or might not symbolise his sense of inadequacy about his relationship with Grace.
It's never clear whether Trause's purpose is to cement or destabilise the relationship between Sid and Grace. Sid imagines that Trause is having an affair with Grace, despite the age difference between them. The relationship between the three drifts between affection and antagonism. Still, Trause offers to "lend" one of his unpublished works ("The Empire of Bones") to Sid, so that he can use it to write a screenplay for a fee that he needs to repay his medical debts.
In order to start his new project, Sid purchases a blue notebook made in Portugal at a stationery store called "Paper Palace". The owner is a Chinese man, M. R. Chang, whom Sid encounters in various contexts that test his commitment to his writing project, his fidelity to Grace and his ability to defend himself physically. Sid suffers from a troubled or guilty conscience about his frailty and vulnerability to temptation, even if it occurs solely in his imagination.
"The Plot Was Too Cerebral"(1)
At the suggestion of his agent, Sid also writes a treatment for a film based on H.G. Wells' novel,"The Time Machine". Sid regards his work as "a piece of shit...pure rubbish...fantasy drek of the lowest order, but it felt like a possible movie to me." Unfortunately, for him, the treatment is rejected, because "the plot was too cerebral," an assessment that could equally apply to much of Auster's work.
On the other hand, Trause prompts Sid to write a novel based on the Flitcraft parable (2) told in Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon". Hammett inferred from this story that "men died at haphazard, and lived only while blind chance spared them."
Trause suggests, "There's a novel in this somewhere...It's a terrific premise. All you need is a story to go with it."
"All You Need is a Story to Go with It"
Sid's novel aims to supply the story. It's about a couple called Nick and Eva Bowen, whose relationship mirrors that of Sid and Grace.
In this novel within a novel, Nick (a literary agent) receives and reads the manuscript for a novel called "Oracle Night" (a novel within a novel within a novel), which was written by the fictional Sylvia Maxwell, a supposedly popular writer in the twenties and thirties. The protagonist is Lemuel Flagg, a British lieutenant blinded by a mortar explosion in the trenches of World War I. Like Sid, he is nursed back to health, until he falls in love with a woman and proposes marriage to her. He predicts that the marriage is doomed, and eventually commits suicide.
This is just one of several stories that approaches soap opera in form and content.
While walking along the street, Nick narrowly avoids being struck on the head by a falling gargoyle, which replicates part of the Flitcraft parable/episode.
Soon after, Nick travels to Kansas City for a break from Eva, where he encounters a cab driver called Ed Victory (Johnson), who accidentally locks him in an underground bunker he uses to store old phone books (one of which, from Warsaw, contains entries for Sid's Polish family name, Orlovsky). This sub-story seems to be overlooked, because at the end of the main novel, Nick is still locked in the bunker awaiting his death. Sid hasn't resolved how to end the story convincingly.
Haphazard Construction
Nevertheless, Auster places all of these ingredients in a literary bowl and stirs them until something tenable emerges, as if by chance:
"The world is governed by chance. Randomness stalks us every day of our lives, and those lives can be taken from us at any moment - for no reason at all."
I'm tempted to agree with Trause that "there's a novel in this somewhere," even if it seems to be largely haphazard, and it's not readily identifiable on the pages of the book.
FOOTNOTES:
(1) Some of the many footnotes were spread over four pages, and could equally have been included in the body of the text. I've never really understood the appeal of this post-modernist affectation.
(2) The Flitcraft parable:
Maureen's Review of "The Maltese Falcon"
My review of "The Maltese Falcon
SOUNDTRACK:
December 4, 2022
O carte-magnet, de care nu m-am putut desprinde, a葯a c膬 am citit-o 卯n c芒teva ore 葯i n-a葯 fi vrut s膬 se termine.
M-a trimis 卯napoi la studiul lingvisticii 葯i teoriilor comunic膬rii, la structuralism 葯i fantasticul lui Tzvetan Todorov 葯i la actele de vorbire ale lui Austin, la celebra formul膬 "how to do things with words". Pentru c膬 despre asta e vorba, despre puterea cuvintelor de a crea lumi, despre imagina葲ia noastr膬 pus膬 卯n vorbe care au for葲a de a crea viitorul. La propriu.
葮i am reg膬sit tehnicile pe care le iubesc la Auster: naratorul este un scriitor care scrie o carte despre un alt personaj din lumea editoriala care scrie/descoper膬/public膬 o carte; identitatea 卯n (re)construc葲ie; New Yorkul magic (e chiar supranatural sau sunt doar ni葯te coinciden葲e stranii? - noi trebuie s膬 decidem); personajele extrem de bine construite, de vii; scenele de sex at芒t de naturale, ne-gratuite; fluiditatea frazelor; climaxul excelent gradat; finalul satisf膬c膬tor (nu neap膬rat fericit, dar care rotunje葯te textul).
M-a trimis 卯napoi la studiul lingvisticii 葯i teoriilor comunic膬rii, la structuralism 葯i fantasticul lui Tzvetan Todorov 葯i la actele de vorbire ale lui Austin, la celebra formul膬 "how to do things with words". Pentru c膬 despre asta e vorba, despre puterea cuvintelor de a crea lumi, despre imagina葲ia noastr膬 pus膬 卯n vorbe care au for葲a de a crea viitorul. La propriu.
葮i am reg膬sit tehnicile pe care le iubesc la Auster: naratorul este un scriitor care scrie o carte despre un alt personaj din lumea editoriala care scrie/descoper膬/public膬 o carte; identitatea 卯n (re)construc葲ie; New Yorkul magic (e chiar supranatural sau sunt doar ni葯te coinciden葲e stranii? - noi trebuie s膬 decidem); personajele extrem de bine construite, de vii; scenele de sex at芒t de naturale, ne-gratuite; fluiditatea frazelor; climaxul excelent gradat; finalul satisf膬c膬tor (nu neap膬rat fericit, dar care rotunje葯te textul).
March 13, 2025
Nu sunt sigur c膬 Paul Auster ar mai fi trebuit s膬 scrie. 脦葯i compusese deja marile opere. Aici, pare c膬 o face doar pentru a se (a ne) distra. Un maestru al intrigii cvasi-poli葲iste. Al povestirilor paralele 葯i 卯ntret膬iate. Al romanului 卯n roman, al romanului despre scrierea unui roman. Etc.
Am citit 葯i cartea asta, dezinteresat de deznod膬m芒nt, din simpl膬 葯i indispensabil膬 pl膬cere 葮i de-ar fi avut dublul paginilor pe care le are. Nu pleci niciodat膬 (sau foarte rar) cu pofta-n cui, dup膬 vreo 卯nt芒lnire cu Auster.
Am citit 葯i cartea asta, dezinteresat de deznod膬m芒nt, din simpl膬 葯i indispensabil膬 pl膬cere 葮i de-ar fi avut dublul paginilor pe care le are. Nu pleci niciodat膬 (sau foarte rar) cu pofta-n cui, dup膬 vreo 卯nt芒lnire cu Auster.
June 18, 2023
Poveste in poveste in poveste, asa te poarta Auster, fara sa poti lasa cartea din mana, te lasa mut de uimire, cata imaginatie are si ce bine povesteste, nu ma mai satur de el !
Frazele curg, nimic fortat in exprimare, te tarasc ca intr-un vartej unde simti admiratie, bucurie, adrenalina, in plus, sunt atatea aspecte care te pun pe ganduri.
Frazele curg, nimic fortat in exprimare, te tarasc ca intr-un vartej unde simti admiratie, bucurie, adrenalina, in plus, sunt atatea aspecte care te pun pe ganduri.
February 24, 2023
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March 29, 2020
醿愥儬 醿愥儬醿♂償醿戓儩醿戓儭 醿樶儭醿斸儣醿� 醿炨償醿犪儤醿濁儞醿�, 醿濁儭醿⑨償醿犪儭 醿犪儩醿� 醿愥儬 醿ㄡ償醿斸儧醿♂儯醿戓儯醿メ償醿戓儤醿溼儩醿�. 醿愥儲醿愥儬 醿曖儤醿儤 醿犪儛 醿犪儤醿掅儤醿椺儩醿戓儤醿� 醿撫儛醿曖儛醿氠儛醿掅儩 醿涐儤醿♂儤 醿儤醿掅儨醿斸儜醿�. 醿犪儛醿� 醿儛醿涐儤醿欋儤醿椺儺醿愥儠醿� 醿п儠醿斸儦醿� 醿♂儛醿濁儶醿犪儛醿� 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿�. 醿樶儧醿樶儣 醿撫儛醿曖儤醿儳醿斸儜, 醿犪儩醿� 醿愥儧 醿儤醿掅儨醿� 醿儛醿氠儤醿愥儨 醿撫儤醿撫儤 醿儛醿溼儤 醿曖償醿償醿戓儞醿�, 醿斸儬醿椺儛醿撫償醿犪儣醿� 醿樶儳醿� 醿ㄡ償醿涐儩醿犪儵醿斸儨醿樶儦醿� 醿犪儛醿� 醿愥儬 醿涐儱醿濁儨醿撫儛 醿儛醿欋儤醿椺儺醿ａ儦醿� 醿撫儛 醿愥儤, 醿儦醿樶儠醿�, 醿♂儛醿戓儛醿� 醿撫儛醿儧醿愥儬醿斸儜醿樶儣 醿涐償醿犪儝醿� 醿斸儭 醿戓償醿撫儨醿樶償醿犪償醿戓儛. (醿犪儩醿掅儩醿犪儶 醿欋儤 醿償醿氠儛醿儦醿� 醿撫儛醿戓償醿儞醿愥儠醿斸儨, 醿欋儩醿氠償醿メ儶醿樶儛醿� 醿ㄡ償醿曖儧醿愥儮醿斸儜)
醿愥儦醿戓儛醿�, 醿愥儺醿愥儦醿♂儛醿� 醿曖償醿犪儛醿め償醿犪儭 醿曖儤醿⑨儳醿曖儤. 醿償醿氠儛醿儦醿� 醿椺儯 醿愥儲醿曖儨醿樶儴醿溼儛醿�, 醿犪儛醿� 醿愥儬 醿涐儩醿涐儜醿斸儢醿犪儞醿斸儜醿�, 醿犪儩醿� 醿斸儭 醿欋儛醿儤 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿掅償醿溼儤醿愥儦醿ａ儬醿�. 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿� 醿涐儤醿♂儤 醿償醿犪儤醿� 醿♂儮醿樶儦醿�, 醿戓儯醿犪儯醿♂儴醿� 醿掅儛醿儠醿斸儯醿氠儤 醿炨償醿犪儭醿濁儨醿愥儫醿斸儜醿�, 醿┽儛醿儦醿愥儬醿椺儯醿氠儤 醿め儦醿濁儣醿� 醿撫儛 醿ａ儩醿犪儤醿掅儤醿溼儛醿氠儯醿犪償醿♂儤 醿溼儛醿犪儛醿⑨儤醿曖儤醿� 醿栣償醿樶儧醿�. 醿♂儛醿濁儶醿犪儛醿� 醿掅儛醿涐儩醿♂儞醿樶儭 醿涐儥醿樶儣醿儠醿斸儦醿樶儭 醿樶儨醿⑨償醿犪償醿♂儤醿� 醿ㄡ償醿溼儛醿犪儵锟斤拷锟结儨醿斸儜醿�, 醿愥儬醿愥儭醿撫儬醿濁儭 醿涐儜醿斸儢醿犪儞醿斸儜醿� 醿欋儤醿椺儺醿曖儤醿� 醿炨儬醿濁儶醿斸儭醿�. 醿愥儧醿愥儭醿椺儛醿�, 醿儴醿樶儬醿愥儞 醿曖儺醿曖儞醿斸儜醿� 醿愥儦醿ａ儢醿樶儛醿� 醿涐儤醿� 醿♂儺醿曖儛 醿儤醿掅儨醿斸儜醿椺儛醿�: 醿ａ儶醿溼儛醿ａ儬醿� 醿⑨償醿氠償醿め儩醿溼儤醿� 醿溼儩醿涐償醿犪儤, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儤醿� 醿欋儦醿斸儜醿愥儞醿� 醿儤醿め儬醿斸儜醿樶儣 醿ㄡ償醿撫儝醿斸儜醿� (4 3 2 1 ?!), 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿撫儛 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿溼儤醿� 醿樶儩醿犪儥醿�, 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿撫儛 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿戓儬醿ａ儥醿氠儤醿溼儤. 醿涐儩醿欋儦醿斸儞, 醿濁儭醿⑨償醿犪儤醿栣儧醿樶儣 醿ㄡ償醿炨儳醿犪儩醿戓儤醿氠儭, 醿犪儩醿� 醿涐儤醿涐儤醿ㄡ儠醿�, 醿ㄡ償醿涐儤醿儦醿樶儛 醿♂儛醿愥儣醿濁儜醿樶儣 醿曖儤醿♂儛醿ａ儜醿犪儩 醿愥儧 醿欋儛醿儢醿�. 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿� 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿� 醿撫儛 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿�.
醿愥儦醿戓儛醿�, 醿愥儺醿愥儦醿♂儛醿� 醿曖償醿犪儛醿め償醿犪儭 醿曖儤醿⑨儳醿曖儤. 醿償醿氠儛醿儦醿� 醿椺儯 醿愥儲醿曖儨醿樶儴醿溼儛醿�, 醿犪儛醿� 醿愥儬 醿涐儩醿涐儜醿斸儢醿犪儞醿斸儜醿�, 醿犪儩醿� 醿斸儭 醿欋儛醿儤 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿掅償醿溼儤醿愥儦醿ａ儬醿�. 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿� 醿涐儤醿♂儤 醿償醿犪儤醿� 醿♂儮醿樶儦醿�, 醿戓儯醿犪儯醿♂儴醿� 醿掅儛醿儠醿斸儯醿氠儤 醿炨償醿犪儭醿濁儨醿愥儫醿斸儜醿�, 醿┽儛醿儦醿愥儬醿椺儯醿氠儤 醿め儦醿濁儣醿� 醿撫儛 醿ａ儩醿犪儤醿掅儤醿溼儛醿氠儯醿犪償醿♂儤 醿溼儛醿犪儛醿⑨儤醿曖儤醿� 醿栣償醿樶儧醿�. 醿♂儛醿濁儶醿犪儛醿� 醿掅儛醿涐儩醿♂儞醿樶儭 醿涐儥醿樶儣醿儠醿斸儦醿樶儭 醿樶儨醿⑨償醿犪償醿♂儤醿� 醿ㄡ償醿溼儛醿犪儵锟斤拷锟结儨醿斸儜醿�, 醿愥儬醿愥儭醿撫儬醿濁儭 醿涐儜醿斸儢醿犪儞醿斸儜醿� 醿欋儤醿椺儺醿曖儤醿� 醿炨儬醿濁儶醿斸儭醿�. 醿愥儧醿愥儭醿椺儛醿�, 醿儴醿樶儬醿愥儞 醿曖儺醿曖儞醿斸儜醿� 醿愥儦醿ａ儢醿樶儛醿� 醿涐儤醿� 醿♂儺醿曖儛 醿儤醿掅儨醿斸儜醿椺儛醿�: 醿ａ儶醿溼儛醿ａ儬醿� 醿⑨償醿氠償醿め儩醿溼儤醿� 醿溼儩醿涐償醿犪儤, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儤醿� 醿欋儦醿斸儜醿愥儞醿� 醿儤醿め儬醿斸儜醿樶儣 醿ㄡ償醿撫儝醿斸儜醿� (4 3 2 1 ?!), 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿撫儛 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿溼儤醿� 醿樶儩醿犪儥醿�, 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿撫儛 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿戓儬醿ａ儥醿氠儤醿溼儤. 醿涐儩醿欋儦醿斸儞, 醿濁儭醿⑨償醿犪儤醿栣儧醿樶儣 醿ㄡ償醿炨儳醿犪儩醿戓儤醿氠儭, 醿犪儩醿� 醿涐儤醿涐儤醿ㄡ儠醿�, 醿ㄡ償醿涐儤醿儦醿樶儛 醿♂儛醿愥儣醿濁儜醿樶儣 醿曖儤醿♂儛醿ａ儜醿犪儩 醿愥儧 醿欋儛醿儢醿�. 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿� 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿� 醿撫儛 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿�.
June 22, 2022
4.5 *
E atat de curgatoare povestea, imbinata perfect cu toate celelalte povesti tip carte in carte, incat am citit-o pe nerasuflate.
Inca un roman marca Auster, care m-a delectat, despre neprevazutul ascuns in cotidian si despre compromisuri ce devin bombe cu ceas, cand te astepti mai putin. Despre fantastica putere a cuvintelor de a schimba vieti, de a crea pe viu dramele ce initial erau doar in minte si apoi pe hartie.
Am mai spus ca Paul Auster e magician neintrecut si nu se dezminte nici acum.
E atat de curgatoare povestea, imbinata perfect cu toate celelalte povesti tip carte in carte, incat am citit-o pe nerasuflate.
Inca un roman marca Auster, care m-a delectat, despre neprevazutul ascuns in cotidian si despre compromisuri ce devin bombe cu ceas, cand te astepti mai putin. Despre fantastica putere a cuvintelor de a schimba vieti, de a crea pe viu dramele ce initial erau doar in minte si apoi pe hartie.
Am mai spus ca Paul Auster e magician neintrecut si nu se dezminte nici acum.
October 1, 2007
Through the entire story I had the feeling I was on the verge of stumbling on the meat of it, but it never happened. I stuck with it hoping for even a line that would satisfy the "on-the-verge" feeling, but by the last line on the last page, I realized it wasn't coming. Maybe I'm too dense to really get the underlying substance of this book, but believe me, I was looking for it.
March 21, 2021
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鬲賵 氐賮丨賴 亘賴 氐賮丨賴 丕卮 丨乇賮蹖 亘乇丕蹖 诏賮鬲賳 丿丕卮鬲
賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 丕蹖賳賵 賲蹖卮丿 丕夭 爻乇毓鬲 禺賵賳丿賳賲 賮賴賲蹖丿 :)
鬲賵 氐賮丨賴 亘賴 氐賮丨賴 丕卮 丨乇賮蹖 亘乇丕蹖 诏賮鬲賳 丿丕卮鬲
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October 11, 2010
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毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賯乇兀 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 賱亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 賱丕 賷爻毓賰 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 廿賱丕 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賲噩賲賱 兀毓賲丕賱賴..賲鬲毓丞 賮丕卅賯丞 兀賳 兀鬲賯乇兀 賱賰丕鬲亘 賷丨鬲乇賲 毓賯賱賷鬲賰 賵 賷囟毓 匕賰丕亍賰 賲賵囟毓 丕賱賲爻丕卅賱丞 賵 丕賱廿禺鬲亘丕乇 賰兀賳賴 丿丕禺賱 廿賱賶 賲鬲丕賴丞 匕賴賳賷丞 賵 賷乇賷丿賰 兀賳 鬲毓賲賱 毓賱賶 丨賱 毓賯丿賴丕 賵 丕賱鬲賰賴賳 亘丕賱禺胤賵丞 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 丕賱鬲賶 賱賳 鬲賯丿乇 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賳亘丐 亘賴丕 兀賵 丨鬲賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷賴丕..丿丕卅賲丕 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 氐丕丿賲丞 鬲賳賴卮 賮賶 賱丨賲 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賱鬲毓乇賶 賲丕 賴賵 賲禺鬲賮賺 鬲丨鬲賴丕
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丕卅賲丞 毓賱賶 鬲丿丕毓賶 丕賱爻乇丿 賵 鬲卮丕亘賰 丕賱兀夭賲賳丞 賵 丕賱鬲賯賱 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賲丕囟賶 賱賱丨丕囟乇 賵 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賵 亘丕賱毓賰爻 貙 賵 鬲丿丕禺賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇丕賵賶- 丕賱匕賶 賷毓賲賱 亘丕賱兀爻丕爻 賰丕鬲亘 賯氐丞- 賲毓 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 賷賯賵賲 亘鬲禺賷賱賴丕 賵 丕賱鬲賶 胤賷賱丞 賯乇丕亍鬲賰 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲鬲爻丕亍賱 兀賷賴賲丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯賶 丕賱乇賵丕賶/ 丕賱賰丕鬲亘/丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲鬲禺賷賱丞..亘賷賳賴賲丕 丿丕卅賲丕 賳賯丕胤 廿賱鬲賯丕亍 賮賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵 賮賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賵 賮賶 丕賱賲賮乇丿丕鬲 丕賱賲丕丿賷丞 賵 丕賱賲毓賳賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 鬲卮賰賱 毓丕賱賲賷賴賲丕
鬲丨賰賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 賰丕鬲亘 賷丿毓賶"爻丿賳賶 兀賵賱丕" 賵 丕賱匕賶 兀氐丕亘賴 丨丕丿孬 賮賰丕賳 毓賱賶 卮賮丕 丕賱賲賵鬲 ..賵 賯丕賲 賲賳 賲賵鬲賴 賱賷賰鬲亘 賯氐丞 賮賶 丿賮鬲乇 兀夭乇賯 氐賳毓 亘乇鬲睾丕賱賶 賰丕賳 賱賴 丕賱兀孬乇 丕賱賮毓丕賱 賮賶 鬲睾賷賷乇 賲賳丨賶 丕賱賯氐丞 賲賳 丌賳 賱丌禺乇...賷賰鬲亘 毓賳 卮禺氐賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 爻丕亘賯丕賸 亘胤賱丞 賮賶 乇賵丕賷丞"丕賱氐賯乇 丕賱賲丕賱胤賶" 賱賰丕鬲亘 丌禺乇 廿爻賲賴 丿丕卮賷賱 賴丕賲鬲..賲毓 鬲丨賵賷乇 賮賶 丕賱氐賮丕鬲 丕賱噩爻賲丕賳賷丞 賵 賰匕賱賰 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱廿噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 睾賷乇 兀賳 丕賱匕賶 賷乇亘胤 亘賷賳賴賲丕 賴賵 丨丕丿孬 爻賯賵胤 噩爻賲 賴丕卅賱 賲賳 兀毓賱賶 亘賳丕賷丞 賷賲乇 賲賳 鬲丨鬲賴丕 賮賰丕丿 兀賳 賷爻賯胤 毓賱賷賴 賱賵賱丕 鬲賮丕丿賷賴 賵 廿氐丕亘鬲賴 亘噩乇賵丨 胤賮賷賮丞.賰丕賳 賱賴匕丕 丕賱丨丕丿孬 兀孬乇賴 毓賱賷賴 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賮賶 鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲賴 毓賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱毓卮賵丕卅賶 賵 丕賱睾賷乇 賲賳馗賲 賵 鬲鬲丕亘毓 兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 毓賳 賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵 丕賱賵噩賵丿
囟賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷丨丕賵賱 兀賷囟丕賸 丕賱賰丕鬲賷"亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇" 兀賳 賷毓胤賷賳丕 賮賰乇丞 毓賳 丕賱鬲賰賳賷賰丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲亘毓丞 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 賯氐丞..丕賱禺賷胤 丕賱兀賵賱貙 兀賵賱 賰賱賲丞貙 鬲丿丕毓賶 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 丕賱賵丕毓賶 亘賴丕..廿毓丕丿丞 丕賱鬲賳爻賷賯 賵 丕賱亘賳丕亍 丕賱賲丕丿賶 賵 丕賱賲毓賳賵賶 賱賱卮禺氐賷丞
賴賶 乇賵丕賷丞 賲丨賷乇丞 賵 賲孬賷乇丞 賵 鬲卮丿 丕賱兀賳賮丕爻 賳馗乇丕 賱賰鬲丕亘鬲賴丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻乇丿 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 鬲毓胤賷賰 廿賳胤亘丕毓丕 兀賳賰 鬲毓賷卮 賮賶 毓丕賱賲 賮賳鬲丕夭賶 賱丕 賵丕賯毓賶 賵 賱丕 賲賳胤賯賶 賵 睾賷乇 賲丕乇丕亘胤 賵 賱丕 賷賲鬲 賱丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 賮賶 卮賶亍 ..賱賰賳賰 鬲賯毓 賮賶 賲睾丕賱胤丞 賰亘賷乇丞 廿賳 鬲賷賯賳鬲 賲賳 賴匕丕
毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賯乇兀 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 賱亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 賱丕 賷爻毓賰 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 廿賱丕 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賲噩賲賱 兀毓賲丕賱賴..賲鬲毓丞 賮丕卅賯丞 兀賳 兀鬲賯乇兀 賱賰丕鬲亘 賷丨鬲乇賲 毓賯賱賷鬲賰 賵 賷囟毓 匕賰丕亍賰 賲賵囟毓 丕賱賲爻丕卅賱丞 賵 丕賱廿禺鬲亘丕乇 賰兀賳賴 丿丕禺賱 廿賱賶 賲鬲丕賴丞 匕賴賳賷丞 賵 賷乇賷丿賰 兀賳 鬲毓賲賱 毓賱賶 丨賱 毓賯丿賴丕 賵 丕賱鬲賰賴賳 亘丕賱禺胤賵丞 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 丕賱鬲賶 賱賳 鬲賯丿乇 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賳亘丐 亘賴丕 兀賵 丨鬲賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷賴丕..丿丕卅賲丕 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 氐丕丿賲丞 鬲賳賴卮 賮賶 賱丨賲 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賱鬲毓乇賶 賲丕 賴賵 賲禺鬲賮賺 鬲丨鬲賴丕
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丕卅賲丞 毓賱賶 鬲丿丕毓賶 丕賱爻乇丿 賵 鬲卮丕亘賰 丕賱兀夭賲賳丞 賵 丕賱鬲賯賱 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賲丕囟賶 賱賱丨丕囟乇 賵 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賵 亘丕賱毓賰爻 貙 賵 鬲丿丕禺賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇丕賵賶- 丕賱匕賶 賷毓賲賱 亘丕賱兀爻丕爻 賰丕鬲亘 賯氐丞- 賲毓 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 賷賯賵賲 亘鬲禺賷賱賴丕 賵 丕賱鬲賶 胤賷賱丞 賯乇丕亍鬲賰 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲鬲爻丕亍賱 兀賷賴賲丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯賶 丕賱乇賵丕賶/ 丕賱賰丕鬲亘/丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲鬲禺賷賱丞..亘賷賳賴賲丕 丿丕卅賲丕 賳賯丕胤 廿賱鬲賯丕亍 賮賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵 賮賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賵 賮賶 丕賱賲賮乇丿丕鬲 丕賱賲丕丿賷丞 賵 丕賱賲毓賳賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 鬲卮賰賱 毓丕賱賲賷賴賲丕
鬲丨賰賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 賰丕鬲亘 賷丿毓賶"爻丿賳賶 兀賵賱丕" 賵 丕賱匕賶 兀氐丕亘賴 丨丕丿孬 賮賰丕賳 毓賱賶 卮賮丕 丕賱賲賵鬲 ..賵 賯丕賲 賲賳 賲賵鬲賴 賱賷賰鬲亘 賯氐丞 賮賶 丿賮鬲乇 兀夭乇賯 氐賳毓 亘乇鬲睾丕賱賶 賰丕賳 賱賴 丕賱兀孬乇 丕賱賮毓丕賱 賮賶 鬲睾賷賷乇 賲賳丨賶 丕賱賯氐丞 賲賳 丌賳 賱丌禺乇...賷賰鬲亘 毓賳 卮禺氐賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 爻丕亘賯丕賸 亘胤賱丞 賮賶 乇賵丕賷丞"丕賱氐賯乇 丕賱賲丕賱胤賶" 賱賰丕鬲亘 丌禺乇 廿爻賲賴 丿丕卮賷賱 賴丕賲鬲..賲毓 鬲丨賵賷乇 賮賶 丕賱氐賮丕鬲 丕賱噩爻賲丕賳賷丞 賵 賰匕賱賰 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱廿噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 睾賷乇 兀賳 丕賱匕賶 賷乇亘胤 亘賷賳賴賲丕 賴賵 丨丕丿孬 爻賯賵胤 噩爻賲 賴丕卅賱 賲賳 兀毓賱賶 亘賳丕賷丞 賷賲乇 賲賳 鬲丨鬲賴丕 賮賰丕丿 兀賳 賷爻賯胤 毓賱賷賴 賱賵賱丕 鬲賮丕丿賷賴 賵 廿氐丕亘鬲賴 亘噩乇賵丨 胤賮賷賮丞.賰丕賳 賱賴匕丕 丕賱丨丕丿孬 兀孬乇賴 毓賱賷賴 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賮賶 鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲賴 毓賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱毓卮賵丕卅賶 賵 丕賱睾賷乇 賲賳馗賲 賵 鬲鬲丕亘毓 兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 毓賳 賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵 丕賱賵噩賵丿
囟賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷丨丕賵賱 兀賷囟丕賸 丕賱賰丕鬲賷"亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇" 兀賳 賷毓胤賷賳丕 賮賰乇丞 毓賳 丕賱鬲賰賳賷賰丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲亘毓丞 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 賯氐丞..丕賱禺賷胤 丕賱兀賵賱貙 兀賵賱 賰賱賲丞貙 鬲丿丕毓賶 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 丕賱賵丕毓賶 亘賴丕..廿毓丕丿丞 丕賱鬲賳爻賷賯 賵 丕賱亘賳丕亍 丕賱賲丕丿賶 賵 丕賱賲毓賳賵賶 賱賱卮禺氐賷丞
賴賶 乇賵丕賷丞 賲丨賷乇丞 賵 賲孬賷乇丞 賵 鬲卮丿 丕賱兀賳賮丕爻 賳馗乇丕 賱賰鬲丕亘鬲賴丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻乇丿 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 鬲毓胤賷賰 廿賳胤亘丕毓丕 兀賳賰 鬲毓賷卮 賮賶 毓丕賱賲 賮賳鬲丕夭賶 賱丕 賵丕賯毓賶 賵 賱丕 賲賳胤賯賶 賵 睾賷乇 賲丕乇丕亘胤 賵 賱丕 賷賲鬲 賱丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 賮賶 卮賶亍 ..賱賰賳賰 鬲賯毓 賮賶 賲睾丕賱胤丞 賰亘賷乇丞 廿賳 鬲賷賯賳鬲 賲賳 賴匕丕
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December 9, 2011Oracle Night seems like one of Auster's more perfunctory novels. There is the usual blend of a narrator getting over some big personal tragedy, reflections on the power of language (writing especially in this case), recurring coincidences, a female love interest in trouble, etc. The opening conceit of the blank notebook and Sid's need to fill it has this really interesting, ominous vibe going to it. But Auster doesn't seem all that committed to really diving into it, and by the end of the book it felt like little more than a forgotten pretext to set the whole narrative up instead of an organic development within the story. There are some really nice passages though, and it's interesting to read one of his books that has a decidedly more domestic kind of feel to it than a lot of his other work. But the ending feels rushed, and the whole strung-out-son-of-a-family-friend who suddenly pops up to wreak havoc in everyone's lives feels kind of like a cheap deus ex machina. I'd expect that kind of weak stuff from someone's first novel, not their umpteenth.
September 18, 2016
"Finch茅 sogni, c'猫 sempre scampo".
Dopo un incidente a cui 猫 riuscito miracolosamente a sopravvivere, Sidney Orr ricomincia, con un po' di fatica, a scrivere.
Grazie a un taccuino blu, proveniente dal Portogallo, e che sembra avere poteri magici, comincia a svilupparsi la trama di questo romanzo di Auster.
Con La notte dell'oracolo di Auster, si entra nel meta-romanzo, un romanzo nel romanzo in cui confluiscono diverse storie. Da un lato, la storia privata di Sidney e del suo matrimonio con la moglie Grace e dall'altro quella di Sidney scrittore e delle varie vicende che si intrecciano e prendono forma.
Qui sono presenti alcune delle tematiche tipiche dei libri dell'autore: l'amore, il tradimento, la bellezza della scrittura come rimedio ai propri mali, come salvezza e la bellezza della scrittura intesa come ritorno alla vita.
Paul Auster trascina il lettore in una vicenda in cui finzione e realt脿 si mescolano, dove il protagonista assume il ruolo di investigatore per scoprire una realt脿 e una verit脿 molto pi霉 forte del romanzo che sta scrivendo e di qualsiasi oracolo.
Dopo un incidente a cui 猫 riuscito miracolosamente a sopravvivere, Sidney Orr ricomincia, con un po' di fatica, a scrivere.
Grazie a un taccuino blu, proveniente dal Portogallo, e che sembra avere poteri magici, comincia a svilupparsi la trama di questo romanzo di Auster.
Con La notte dell'oracolo di Auster, si entra nel meta-romanzo, un romanzo nel romanzo in cui confluiscono diverse storie. Da un lato, la storia privata di Sidney e del suo matrimonio con la moglie Grace e dall'altro quella di Sidney scrittore e delle varie vicende che si intrecciano e prendono forma.
Qui sono presenti alcune delle tematiche tipiche dei libri dell'autore: l'amore, il tradimento, la bellezza della scrittura come rimedio ai propri mali, come salvezza e la bellezza della scrittura intesa come ritorno alla vita.
Paul Auster trascina il lettore in una vicenda in cui finzione e realt脿 si mescolano, dove il protagonista assume il ruolo di investigatore per scoprire una realt脿 e una verit脿 molto pi霉 forte del romanzo che sta scrivendo e di qualsiasi oracolo.
January 9, 2024
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亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 乇賵丕卅賷 賲鬲賮乇丿, 賷賰鬲亘 亘兀爻賱賵亘 賲乇丕賵睾 賵噩丕匕亘 賱賱賯丕乇卅
賷賲夭噩 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 毓賳丕氐乇 賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘毓賳丕氐乇 卮亘賴 睾乇丕卅亘賷丞 賵賷睾賱賮賴丕 亘睾賲賵囟 爻丕丨乇 賲爻鬲毓賷乇丕賸 鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賴賷 賱賷爻鬲 賰匕賱賰
賷丿賷乇 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 亘亘乇丕毓丞 賮丕卅賯丞 囟賲賳 兀丨丿丕孬 賯丿 鬲亘丿賵 睾賷乇 賲賳胤賯賷丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賯丕亘賱丞 賱賱鬲氐丿賷賯 賵賴匕賴 賯賲丞 丕賱亘乇丕毓丞
乇賵丕卅賷 賲噩丿賾丿 賵賲亘鬲賰乇, 亘丕乇毓 賮賷 丕賱鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 賵兀爻鬲丕匕 賮賷 丕賱亘賳丕亍 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷
乇賵丕賷丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賵賲丨賰賲丞 賵鬲賯乇兀 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲乇丞
亘賵賱 兀賵爻鬲乇 乇賵丕卅賷 賲鬲賮乇丿, 賷賰鬲亘 亘兀爻賱賵亘 賲乇丕賵睾 賵噩丕匕亘 賱賱賯丕乇卅
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賷丿賷乇 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 亘亘乇丕毓丞 賮丕卅賯丞 囟賲賳 兀丨丿丕孬 賯丿 鬲亘丿賵 睾賷乇 賲賳胤賯賷丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賯丕亘賱丞 賱賱鬲氐丿賷賯 賵賴匕賴 賯賲丞 丕賱亘乇丕毓丞
乇賵丕卅賷 賲噩丿賾丿 賵賲亘鬲賰乇, 亘丕乇毓 賮賷 丕賱鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 賵兀爻鬲丕匕 賮賷 丕賱亘賳丕亍 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷
乇賵丕賷丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賵賲丨賰賲丞 賵鬲賯乇兀 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲乇丞
August 29, 2024
This is an extraordinary book, which made me want to read more novels by Paul Auster. (It is his 11th novel.) It is dream-like and unsettling, with echoes of earlier stories that you just can't grasp. Very inventive.
July 13, 2020
I read one of Paul Auster鈥檚 works, The New York Trilogy, a few years back, enjoyed it immensely, and it was good to get back to reading him again. I think what Auster manages to do in both of the works I鈥檝e read is create a sense of layers of meaning in both the real world and the literary world (the one being written on paper). Both in The Trilogy and Oracle Night, there鈥檚 a sense of metacognition or thinking about thinking, or thinking and reflection on the world. Events, people, conflict play out and have many layers to them. In short, he is an author that makes you think and that is what I鈥檝e loved about reading his books so far.
I will have to do the calculations, but I think Auster鈥檚 book might at some points cross over into a 鈥渟tory within a story within a story.鈥� We have Paul Auster writing about his protagonist Sidney Orr, a writer who is working on a manuscript about a man named Nick Bowen who, in this book, is focused on reading the writings of Sylvia Maxwell, an author who has written Oracle Night. Auster manages to intertwine all of these elements and blend them into one engaging plot, and, at points, the plot of the writings bleed into the real life aspects of the story.
It鈥檚 really hard to go into particulars about plot with a Paul Auster novel, because sometimes I think that the story or meaning under the surface is far more impressionable and meaningful that the surface level plot. However, to give some context, Oracle Night鈥檚 premise involves novelist Sydney Orr having recently been released from the hospital after overcoming a near fatal illness, and his transition back into life with his wife and his friend, an author named John. There鈥檚 an interesting scene where Orr visits a stationary shop and buys a blue notebook and this sort of becomes his inspiration to begin to draft a story. There are many parallels to the story he is devising and his real life, and certain things seem to take on a life of their own.
Within Auster鈥檚 work, there are certain elements that the author investigates, one of which is the element of how future events work. In many ways, Oracle Night is a mediation on life and its struggles, and how quite often the literary and literal world aren鈥檛 as far apart as we imagine.
There are many layers to this novel, and this is a book that will have you reflecting after you read the final page, which I think is the hallmark of an engaging and thoughtful book.
I will have to do the calculations, but I think Auster鈥檚 book might at some points cross over into a 鈥渟tory within a story within a story.鈥� We have Paul Auster writing about his protagonist Sidney Orr, a writer who is working on a manuscript about a man named Nick Bowen who, in this book, is focused on reading the writings of Sylvia Maxwell, an author who has written Oracle Night. Auster manages to intertwine all of these elements and blend them into one engaging plot, and, at points, the plot of the writings bleed into the real life aspects of the story.
It鈥檚 really hard to go into particulars about plot with a Paul Auster novel, because sometimes I think that the story or meaning under the surface is far more impressionable and meaningful that the surface level plot. However, to give some context, Oracle Night鈥檚 premise involves novelist Sydney Orr having recently been released from the hospital after overcoming a near fatal illness, and his transition back into life with his wife and his friend, an author named John. There鈥檚 an interesting scene where Orr visits a stationary shop and buys a blue notebook and this sort of becomes his inspiration to begin to draft a story. There are many parallels to the story he is devising and his real life, and certain things seem to take on a life of their own.
Within Auster鈥檚 work, there are certain elements that the author investigates, one of which is the element of how future events work. In many ways, Oracle Night is a mediation on life and its struggles, and how quite often the literary and literal world aren鈥檛 as far apart as we imagine.
There are many layers to this novel, and this is a book that will have you reflecting after you read the final page, which I think is the hallmark of an engaging and thoughtful book.
September 9, 2021
Shall I change the stars I've given this book about 10 years ago because I enjoyed it even more this time? Is it the story or me that has changed?? The changes I've been through these past 10 years must be enormous as I totally connected with the book in a totally different way this time. I love the way Auster puts things, and I even love more how the things unfold gradually throughout the story. No doubt he is one of the greatest authors I have read.
I will try reading this magical novel when I'm turning 40 to see how it goes then.
I will try reading this magical novel when I'm turning 40 to see how it goes then.
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February 25, 2017
'If you have never read Auster before,' proclaims a quote displayed on the cover of this edition of Oracle Night, 'this is the place to start.' I hadn't read Auster before beginning this book, but I'd been meaning to for a while - especially since I've now read three of his wife (Siri Hustvedt)'s books and have gathered that their work ie very similar in style and theme. I wasn't out looking for an Auster book, I was just browsing at the library, but when I spotted it, the intriguing summary and that quote were good enough for me.
Oracle Night is short, but packed with detail. It's a multi-layered story, beginning with Sidney Orr - a novelist who is recovering from a severe illness - buying a unique Portuguese notebook in a rather odd stationery store. On the recommendation of his friend, also a novelist, Sidney begins to flesh out an idea for a story concerning a man who suffers a near-death experience and impulsively leaves his wife and home, resolving to start his life anew in a different city. The narrative follows both the progression of this tale and its protagonist Nick Bowen, and the 'real' story of Sidney, whose relationship with his wife Grace (the history of which is detailed in a number of footnotes) begins to flounder soon after he acquires the notebook. Meanwhile, Sidney attempts to re-write HG Wells' The Time Machine as a modern film script, turning it into an unconventional romance, and the Nick narrative also has a further strand wherein the character is profoundly affected by the contents of a lost manuscript, the title of which is Oracle Night. Like I said, multi-layered.
There are definitely elements of the weird about this story - the disappearance and relocation of the Paper Palace and its enigmatic proprietor, the 'powers' of the notebook - but it isn't a paranormal or fantasy novel. This really appealed to me - I love the combination of literary prose and hints of the unexplained. I also LOVED the writing. It is very like Hustvedt's, though it's also quite easy to tell the difference. Despite all the intricacies of the plot, it often seems secondary to the way the story is told, the ideas it explores. There are parallels galore and the book often touches on the relationship between fiction and reality and/or language and action.
I'd have liked this book to be longer (and it easily could have been), but overall it was a fantastic read which piqued my interest in Auster enough for me to go straight on to another of his books - - after finishing it.
Oracle Night is short, but packed with detail. It's a multi-layered story, beginning with Sidney Orr - a novelist who is recovering from a severe illness - buying a unique Portuguese notebook in a rather odd stationery store. On the recommendation of his friend, also a novelist, Sidney begins to flesh out an idea for a story concerning a man who suffers a near-death experience and impulsively leaves his wife and home, resolving to start his life anew in a different city. The narrative follows both the progression of this tale and its protagonist Nick Bowen, and the 'real' story of Sidney, whose relationship with his wife Grace (the history of which is detailed in a number of footnotes) begins to flounder soon after he acquires the notebook. Meanwhile, Sidney attempts to re-write HG Wells' The Time Machine as a modern film script, turning it into an unconventional romance, and the Nick narrative also has a further strand wherein the character is profoundly affected by the contents of a lost manuscript, the title of which is Oracle Night. Like I said, multi-layered.
There are definitely elements of the weird about this story - the disappearance and relocation of the Paper Palace and its enigmatic proprietor, the 'powers' of the notebook - but it isn't a paranormal or fantasy novel. This really appealed to me - I love the combination of literary prose and hints of the unexplained. I also LOVED the writing. It is very like Hustvedt's, though it's also quite easy to tell the difference. Despite all the intricacies of the plot, it often seems secondary to the way the story is told, the ideas it explores. There are parallels galore and the book often touches on the relationship between fiction and reality and/or language and action.
I'd have liked this book to be longer (and it easily could have been), but overall it was a fantastic read which piqued my interest in Auster enough for me to go straight on to another of his books - - after finishing it.
May 8, 2012
The story was confusing,the end upset me,and i feel depressed after finishing it....may be it wasn't the right time for me to read it...
the part about his mysterious blue notebook,and how it give Sidney Auster's protagonist,some kind of power over his writing.... and it's effective impact in changing the direction of the story from time to time, was the only interesting thing .....
"Those notebooks are very friendly, but they can also be cruel, and you have to watch out you don't get lost in them," warns Trause.
the part about his mysterious blue notebook,and how it give Sidney Auster's protagonist,some kind of power over his writing.... and it's effective impact in changing the direction of the story from time to time, was the only interesting thing .....
"Those notebooks are very friendly, but they can also be cruel, and you have to watch out you don't get lost in them," warns Trause.
June 26, 2015
To Auster-喂魏蠈 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏蠈 蟽蠉渭蟺伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 -蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟺维谓蟿伪- 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位维 未慰渭畏渭苇谓慰. 螘尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 蟽魏喂伪纬蟻维蠁畏蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓, 渭蔚 蟿慰 蟽蠉谓畏胃蔚蟼 "慰渭喂蠂位蠋未蔚蟼 蟿慰蟺委慰" 谓伪 蟺位伪谓维蟿伪喂 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 魏委谓畏蟿蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺蟻维尉蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠉蟺蟿慰谓蟿伪喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 蠈位蔚蟼 慰喂 蟺蟿蠀蠂苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螣 Auster 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 渭蔚 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 谓伪 "蠀蠁伪委谓蔚喂" 渭喂魏蟻苇蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维 蠁伪喂谓慰渭蔚谓喂魏维 伪蟽萎渭伪谓蟿伪 蟽蔚 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏蠉蟻喂伪 蟺位慰魏萎 魏伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿维 谓伪 "蠁蠀蟿蔚蠉蔚喂" 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏维 谓慰萎渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 胃苇位蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏.
螖蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟿慰 蔚尉畏纬萎蟽蠅 蟺伪蟻伪蟺维谓蠅, 伪蠀蟿蠈蟼 慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蟼 纬蟻伪蠁萎蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪 位喂纬蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 伪蟺蠈 蔚胃喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟼.
螣 Auster 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 渭蔚 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 谓伪 "蠀蠁伪委谓蔚喂" 渭喂魏蟻苇蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维 蠁伪喂谓慰渭蔚谓喂魏维 伪蟽萎渭伪谓蟿伪 蟽蔚 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏蠉蟻喂伪 蟺位慰魏萎 魏伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿维 谓伪 "蠁蠀蟿蔚蠉蔚喂" 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏维 谓慰萎渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 胃苇位蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏.
螖蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟿慰 蔚尉畏纬萎蟽蠅 蟺伪蟻伪蟺维谓蠅, 伪蠀蟿蠈蟼 慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蟼 纬蟻伪蠁萎蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪 位喂纬蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 伪蟺蠈 蔚胃喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟼.
July 12, 2020
听 A volte conosciamo le cose prima che succedano anche se non ne siamo consapevoli. Viviamo nel presente, ma il futuro 猫 dentro di noi in ogni momento.
L'incipit 猫 intrigante
Ero stato malato per molto tempo . Il giorno in cui lasciai l鈥檕spedale camminavo a fatica e quasi non ricordavo pi霉 chi avrei dovuto essere. Usi la volont脿, mi disse il medico, e in tre o quattro mesi torner脿 come prima. Non gli credetti, ma seguii lo stesso il suo consiglio. Mi avevano dato per morto, e ora che avevo smentito i pronostici evitando misteriosamente di morire, che scelta mi restava se non vivere come se mi aspettasse una vita futura?
Paul Auster con La notte dell'oracolo ci regala una storia nella storia
nella storia ,un gioco di specchi, riverberi
un romanzo-matriosKa magnetico , avvincente, una scrittura fluida, raffinata , in sottofondo l'intrigante musica del caso
coglievo un'inaudita assenza di lotta interna, un equilibrio della mente che sembrava esentarla dai soliti conflitti e dalle solite pressioni della vita moderna: il dubbio di s茅, l'invidia, il sarcasmo, il bisogno di giudicare gli altri, o di svalutarli, il dolore infuocato e intollerabile dell'ambizione personale. Grace era giovane ,ma aveva un'anima antica e navigata [..]fu di questo che mi innamorai : del senso di calma che l'avvolgeva, del radioso silenzio che ardeva in lei
4 stelle piene
L'incipit 猫 intrigante
Ero stato malato per molto tempo . Il giorno in cui lasciai l鈥檕spedale camminavo a fatica e quasi non ricordavo pi霉 chi avrei dovuto essere. Usi la volont脿, mi disse il medico, e in tre o quattro mesi torner脿 come prima. Non gli credetti, ma seguii lo stesso il suo consiglio. Mi avevano dato per morto, e ora che avevo smentito i pronostici evitando misteriosamente di morire, che scelta mi restava se non vivere come se mi aspettasse una vita futura?
Paul Auster con La notte dell'oracolo ci regala una storia nella storia
nella storia ,un gioco di specchi, riverberi
un romanzo-matriosKa magnetico , avvincente, una scrittura fluida, raffinata , in sottofondo l'intrigante musica del caso
coglievo un'inaudita assenza di lotta interna, un equilibrio della mente che sembrava esentarla dai soliti conflitti e dalle solite pressioni della vita moderna: il dubbio di s茅, l'invidia, il sarcasmo, il bisogno di giudicare gli altri, o di svalutarli, il dolore infuocato e intollerabile dell'ambizione personale. Grace era giovane ,ma aveva un'anima antica e navigata [..]fu di questo che mi innamorai : del senso di calma che l'avvolgeva, del radioso silenzio che ardeva in lei
4 stelle piene
May 20, 2015
Auster here takes story-telling and uses that as a means to ponder reality and every labyrinthine way this translates through perception. He takes the maze and straightens it out so that every turn, every fork, every dead end corridor or way in or out is set parallel. Then what is left is something like the strata of rock, each layer signifying different eras in soil but here the unknowable passage we take from our point of view, fractured, subjective and incomplete. Auster takes that sample in stone and removes it from its original position, cuts out a slab, showing each layer stark in its particular colour and bleeding into every other, and polishes it until it reflects a clear light. Then he lays it down flat so that there is no point of orientation, we can't make out the bottom from the top, but we can glide over its slippery surface taking great care and occasionally glance down at some weird reflection.
The way in of the story within a story within a story within a going on for infinity is almost the least relevant aspect when experiencing this novel. Sure, it is the point of entry, the conceit, but that is not what is delivered whilst reading this. This is not a puzzle waiting to be solved, or a challenge, or somewhere to find solidity. I feel I float through the best of what he does and it is difficult to get a handle on what is being reached for. In The New York Trilogy Auster writes:
"It was something like the word 'it' in the phrase 'it is raining' or 'it is night'. What that 'it' referred to Quinn had never known."
And that is where I find this novel: walking hand in hand with the 'it'. For all the urban mysticism, the disambiguation folding back on itself, the necessary clarity of prose, the deft straddling of psychological nuance and the conveyance of time and perception relative to existence, I'm none the wiser. Perhaps that is precisely 'it'.
I have added a blue notebook to my Christmas wishlist.
The way in of the story within a story within a story within a going on for infinity is almost the least relevant aspect when experiencing this novel. Sure, it is the point of entry, the conceit, but that is not what is delivered whilst reading this. This is not a puzzle waiting to be solved, or a challenge, or somewhere to find solidity. I feel I float through the best of what he does and it is difficult to get a handle on what is being reached for. In The New York Trilogy Auster writes:
"It was something like the word 'it' in the phrase 'it is raining' or 'it is night'. What that 'it' referred to Quinn had never known."
And that is where I find this novel: walking hand in hand with the 'it'. For all the urban mysticism, the disambiguation folding back on itself, the necessary clarity of prose, the deft straddling of psychological nuance and the conveyance of time and perception relative to existence, I'm none the wiser. Perhaps that is precisely 'it'.
I have added a blue notebook to my Christmas wishlist.
August 10, 2015
乇丕爻鬲卮貙 丕賵賲丿賲 讴賴 丿賵 亘丿賲. 賵賱蹖 賳丨賵賴鈥屰� 诏乇賴鈥屭簇й屰� 賽 賯爻賲鬲鈥屬囏й� 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖 賽 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 丕賵賳鈥屬傌� 丨乇賮賴鈥屫й� 賵 卮賵讴賾賴鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 睾蹖乇鈥屬呝嗀肛辟� 亘賵丿 讴賴 诏賮鬲賲 丿賵 亘乇丕卮 賳賴丕蹖鬲 賽 賳丕賲乇丿蹖賲賵 賲蹖鈥屫必迟堎嗁�. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 賵丕賯毓丕賸 賴丿賮 賵 丨乇賮丕蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕卮.. 丕賵賳鈥屬傌� 禺賵亘 讴賴 丕夭蹖賳鈥屫� 讴鬲丕亘丕 亘丕爻 禺蹖賱蹖 賳賵卮 賵 鬲賲賵賲蹖 賳丿丕乇賳.. 丕賲賾丕 卮丕蹖丿 賴賲蹖賳鈥屬囏佲€屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿 賵 丕賱亘鬲賾賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賴賲蹖賳 蹖賴鈥屫ж池з� 亘賴鈥屫坟必� 丌卮讴丕乇 賵 賳賴丕賳 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 亘賵丿賳貙 讴丕乇 賽 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 乇賵 爻禺鬲 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿. 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳馗賲 賳丿丕卮 賵 诏爻蹖禺鬲诏蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀� 蹖賴鈥屫堌з嗁嗀団€屰� 讴賲鈥屫坟з傌€賵 丕夭 丕丿丕賲賴鈥屫ж嗀� 賲賳氐乇賮 讴賳賴. 丕賲賾丕 賵丕賯毓丕賸 趩賱- 倬賳噩丕 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 丌禺乇貙 丨乇賮賴鈥屫й� 賵 鬲兀孬蹖乇诏匕丕乇 亘賵丿. 賵 丨丕賱丕 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呝� 趩乇丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴賲賴鈥屰� 囟乇亘賴鈥屬囏� 賵 丨乇亘賴鈥屬囏ж促� 賳蹖诏賴 丿丕卮 賵丕爻賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳. 賳賴丕蹖鬲 鬲毓賱蹖賯賭賵 丕蹖賳鈥屫� 賲蹖鈥屫促� 丿蹖丿.
賵 丿乇 囟賲賳貙 卮禺氐蹖賾鬲 丕賵賾賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴賲貙 爻蹖丿賳蹖貙 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賲乇丿 賽 禺賵亘 賵 丕蹖丿賴鈥屫①勠� 亘賵丿! :| 丿蹖诏賴 卮賵乇 賽 賲乇丿 賽 丕蹖丿賴鈥屫①勝€賵 丿乇丕賵乇丿 倬賱 丕爻鬲乇. :丿蹖
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