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The Invention of Solitude
"One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death". So begins THE INVENTION OF SOLITUDE, Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. After the death of his own father, Auster discovers a 60-year-old family murder mystery that could account for the old man's elusive character. Later the book shifts from Auster's identity as son to his own role as father. -
神諭之夜
有人說他像卡夫卡,有人讀出他筆下村上春樹的感性 一本藍色筆記本,9天的時間,將小說家捲入迷離的神祕世界。大病初癒幾個月後,三十四歲的小說家西德尼.厄爾走進布魯克林區卡柏高地的文具店,買了一本藍色筆記本。那天是一九八二年九月十八日,自此之後的九天之內,厄爾深受這本空白筆記本的蠱惑,陷入了一個詭異離奇的世界。 一連串詭譎的事件幾乎毀了現實生活中的婚姻,他的健康也大受影響。西德尼在筆記本上振筆疾書了幾小時之後,他太太為什麼無緣無故在計程車?痛哭失聲?文具店張老闆為什麼隔天忽然結束營業? 一本一九三八年華沙地區的電話簿、和一本主角能預知未來的舊小說,兩者之間有何關聯?憎惡與恨意到什麼地步會引發暴力的火苗?原諒與寬容到什麼程度才是愛情的表徵? 本書為保羅.奧斯特的第十一本小說,令人著迷,讀來雖像老派的鬼故事,但小說中卻無鬼魂,只有一群有血有肉、鎮日遊走於擾人現實之境的尋常人物。本書探索時間的本質,帶領讀者穿越主角的想像迷宮,全書精采絕倫,顯現驚人的原創力,再度肯定奧斯特在今日美國文壇的聲譽。 -
The Brooklyn Follies
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Moon Palace
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Timbuktu
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The New York Trilogy
Comnbining dark humor, Hitchcock-like suspense, and film-noir prose, these three unique novels--united--form a powerful and thought-provoking puzzle.