- Invalids, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, family life
Marco Fogg, loner and dreamer, is forced from his Manhattan apartment and roams Central Park as a vagrant until he is rescued by gentle Kitty Wu. He ends up as the live-in helper to an invalid old man, the recording of whose life story becomes Marco's obsession.
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Prestige, contemporary, grave and contemplative.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Paul Auster
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 326
- Publisher
- Heyne Hörbuch, Mchn., Penguin Books, Ullstein Hörverlag
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- Spanish, French, English, German
- ISBN
- 9783125738317
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Paul Benjamin Auster (February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024) was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. His notable works include *The New York Trilogy* (1987), *Moon Palace* (1989), *The Music of Chance* (1990), *The Book of Illusions* (2002), *The Brooklyn Follies* (2005), *Invisible* (2009), *Sunset Park* (2010), *Winter Journal* (2012), and *4 3 2 1* (2017). His books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
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