Paul Auster

by Mark Brown

Book Overview

Paul Auster provides the first extended analysis of Auster's essays, poetry, fiction, films and collaborative projects. It explores his key themes of identity; language and writing; metropolitan living and community; and storytelling and illusion. By tracing how Auster's representations of New York and city life have matured from a position of urban nihilism to qualified optimism, the book shows how the variety of forms he works in influences the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719073979
• ISBN13: 9780719073977
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"