The world that is the book : Paul Auster's fiction / Aliki Varvogli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varvogli, Aliki.

Series:

Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures

Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction.

Auster, Paul, 1947-2024--Criticism and interpretation.

Auster, Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Paul Auster's fiction

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The World that is the Book offers an in-depth analysis of Paul Auster's fiction. It explores the rich literary and cultural sources that Auster taps into in order to create compelling stories that investigate the nature of language, the workings of chance, and the individual's complex relations with the world at large. Whereas most Auster criticism has concentrated on readings of individual novels, this book emphasizes the continuity in Auster's writing by discussing throughout the philosophical underpinnings that lead the author to question the boundaries separating the fictional from the factual, and the real from the imagined.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Legacies; 2: Austerities; 3: Realities; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-178) and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-687-0

1-84631-446-1

OCLC:

476210150