Activity timeline
February 24, 2010
Lena added A Sideways Look at Time to her library.
Lena added Proust Was a Neuroscientist to her library.
Lena added Then We Came to the End to her library.
Lena added The Unnamed to her library.
Lena added The Cracked Bell to her library.
Lena added Game Change to her library.
Lena added The Charterhouse of Parma to her library.
January 4, 2010
Lena added The Unconsoled to her library.
Lena added The Remains of the Day to her library.
Lena added A Casual Revolution to her library.
December 3, 2009
With his latest book, Invisible, Paul Auster constructs a complex tale that challenges the ideas of memory and perception, truth and fiction, or perhaps really truth within fiction. Most interestingly, he does this almost indirectly, through reader reaction rather than with plot itself. The story doesn't dwell on these themes, but the unique way he weaves it provokes the reader to ultimately question the authenticity of everything he just absorbed.
Auster does this all with such impeccable craft and compelling prose, that I felt more delighted than deceived with each twist.
Against other books, Invisible is a must-read, but taken in the context of Auster's own bibliography, it falls just shy of The New York Trilogy. It's difficult to describe why I feel that way without going into too much detail about his literary devices, but suffice to say: With each day that passes since reading this ...
December 2, 2009
Lena added A Good Fall to her library.
November 30, 2009
Lena added Man in the Dark to her library.
