Vermont professor David Zimmer is a broken man. The protagonist of Paul Auster's 10th novel, The Book of Illusions, hits a period in which life seemed to be working aggressively against him. After his wife and sons are killed in an airplane crash, Zimmer becomes an alcoholic recluse, fond of emptying his bottle of sleeping pills into his palm, contemplating his next move. But one night,...

Durch "Oracle Night" bin ich auf Paul Auster aufmerksam gewesen und in Leviathan entdecke ich ähnliche Qualitäten: Eine interessante Geschichte, auf sehr interessante Weise erzählt: Der Erzähler ist ein Freund des Protagonsiten, der (in Form des vorliegenden Buches) die Biographie des Protagonisten schreibt. Die Lebensgeschichte ist voll überraschender Wendungen und Verknüpfungen. Das ist...

When I first started reading this novel, I was taken a bit aback by the style of the writing as well as from the story advancement, which, at first, seemed slow, winding, and at points even without a clear goal. Soon however I got sucked into the whole thing. It is something hard to describe, but somehow, like a mantra said a thousand times, the story engulfs you in a most unnerving way. Although...

When I first started reading this novel, I was taken a bit aback by the style of the writing as well as from the story advancement, which, at first, seemed slow, winding, and at points even without a clear goal. Soon however I got sucked into the whole thing. It is something hard to describe, but somehow, like a mantra said a thousand times, the story engulfs you in a most unnerving way. Although...

Ich mag Auster und dieses Buch ist durchaus lesenswert. Aber es gibt zwei Probleme: | Zum einen ist es kurz. Wer alle Amazon-Leserkommentare der deutschen Ausgabe durchliest, hätte in der Zeit fast schon das Buch durchlesen können. Aber gut, Auster schreibt öfter kurze Novellen. | Das andere Problem ist das der Zielgruppe: Für Auster-Anfänger sind diese Reisen ins Scriptorium nicht...

When I first started reading this novel, I was taken a bit aback by the style of the writing as well as from the story advancement, which, at first, seemed slow, winding, and at points even without a clear goal. Soon however I got sucked into the whole thing. It is something hard to describe, but somehow, like a mantra said a thousand times, the story engulfs you in a most unnerving way. Although...