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Summary: Makes you think-Who you are.
Review: Questioning the bottom-most existance of a human being. Who am I really? Do I really exist on my two feet or am I merely an existance of an image in other's mind and recognition. And what's more, Paul Auster melts the philosophical theme into an "interesting" and "gripping" story line. I could not shut the book until I reached the end. Super!
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Summary: Tremendous, A must read
Review: The books that make the NY Trilogy were some of the most entertaining and most effortless reading I've ever done. The term "page-turner" is the best way to define these books. Auster's prose seems effortless, the plots, seemingly thin, somehow kept my interest pinned.
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Summary: Hypnotic!
Review: This weird and clever exploration of writing, reading, and seeking really got under my skin. The first two installments are a bit nebulous and abstract, but the third (The Locked Room) ties everything together and really packs a punch. Auster seems to be saying, rather disturbingly, that there are evil and alienating possibilities in the life of a writer. I have never encountered a character more disturbing than Fanshawe ...
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Summary: an original, engrossing work--alters your mind
Review: This book is so incredibly complex--so much like a maze (only in this maze the walls change and rearrange--never a fixed point of clarity)--I read this book two times in a row and then began taking notes on it--attempting to put the pieces together; I didn't want to miss any of the interconnections. Once I started taking notes, I realized that I was in the same position as the main character "Quinn"-- and after taking notes up till page 89, I felt a sense of vertigo--like there would be no definitive answer to all of these entangled riddles--though Auster invites us in to the maze--and makes it seem solvable--and then you find yourself falling through a vortex of words and images. You think there must be a clear picture of it all... but is there? Or is Auster just playing with your mind (all in good fun) ? Anyway, this is such an awesome work of literature to demonstrate the power of language to impact the mind. I've been in two book groups that have tackled this work, and we have found it is difficult to discuss, because it is so so dense... and can become rather abstract. Just read it.
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Summary: The work of a genius.
Review: Three things remained vivid in my mind after finishing this book. Firstly, we are all detectives trying to spy each other out all the time. Secondly, we are not really who we claim to be because we always keep some secret to ourselves. And lastly, we only truly find ourselves when we become nothing (the bums on the street). The paradox: the truth consists of brilliant insanity.
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Summary: Oustanding use of detail and imagination that captures NYC
Review: The second I was told to read this book by my tutor I knew it would effect me. The first of the three stories was the most powerful. The way he describes every little item makes for a perfect description of the crazy over populated city known as NYC. The ideas he uses and the ending gives this story a permenant place in the back of my mind, and has almost made me go and follow some one just out of interest and wonder
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Summary: Paul Auster should be read by all.
Review: The NY Trilogy was my introduction to Paul Auster, and I was hooked from the start. The Trilogy is great in it's very simple, concise style of writing, but all three stories are fulled with imagination and creativity. After reading the Trilogy, I began reading all of Auster's books one right after the other and I was able to really feel the strong impact his books have. He is not only a great story teller, but there is a certain underlying symbolic life in all of his works that is subtle at first glance. However, if you read deeper into his books you can see he weaves within his stories something very personal and intimate. I can't really describe it clearly, but you can feel it when you are reading any of his books (it's like what you see at first, may not be what you see when you look the second time). I recommend them all, but the Trilogy is a great introduction to him.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. I woke up one morning and decided to buy a book, by chance I bought this one!
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
Review: HONESTLY, this book is amazing!! It gripped me from within and has provoked uncanny experiences:For instance I was in the Tube, here in London, and I was deep within the novel, reading all about coincidences and fate when I noticed the girl right beside me reading the same book! This may not be THAT unusual, but it stirred something deep inside me. I turned to her to show her my book and she said "it's fantastic isn't it?" I was incredibly moved by this coincidence but proceeded to get off at my stop. On the next train I took, I clearly remember thinking what would happen next regarding 'New York Trilogy'. So I was reading again, and this girl sitting opposite me leaned forward to me saying how "absolutely brilliant" the book was! Now, this I took to mean fate! I was on a high all day! I am presently looking for a flat in New York....
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Summary: Excellent... Excellent...Excellent ...
Review: It is unnecessary to say something...I read all his books again and again, tasting every detail. While reading you feel yourself so inside of the story and so out of it at the same time. Everybody should read!!!!!
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