The New York Trilogy
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- 9,99 €
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- 9,99 €
Publisher Description
'One of the great American prose stylists of our time.' New York Times
'Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter.' New York Review of Books
The New York Trilogy is perhaps the most astonishing work by one of America's most consistently astonishing writers. The Trilogy is three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction and achieve a new genre that is all the more gripping for its starkness. It is a riveting work of detective fiction worthy of Raymond Chandler, and at the same time a profound and unsettling existentialist enquiry in the tradition of Kafka or Borges. In each story the search for clues leads to remarkable coincidences in the universe as the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes a startling investigation of what it means to be human. The New York Trilogy is the modern novel at its finest: a truly bold and arresting work of fiction with something to transfix and astound every reader.
'Marks a new departure for the American novel.' Observer
'A shatteringly clever piece of work . . . Utterly gripping, written with an acid sharpness that leaves an indelible dent in the back of the mind.' Sunday Telegraph
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Joe Barrett has the low, gravelly voice of old detective movies. His phrasing is good, his characterizations clear and dramatic, and his rendering of Kafkaesque mysteriousness draws us deeper and deeper into this peculiar, interconnected trilogy. Auster s first novel purports to be a set of detective stories, but each pretzellike section twists into a search for identity particularly that of the author. Fans of postmodern fiction will love Barrett s reading, but even more skeptical listeners might still be intrigued by Auster s medium and message. A Picador paperback.