- Fiction, Magicians, Older men in fiction, Magicians in fiction
In Mr. Vertigo, his dazzling eighth novel, Paul Auster introduces a quintessentially American hero who, early in his life, masters the art of the unimaginable, and then must live out his days long after the magic has been lost and forgotten.
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Grave, prestige, nostalgic and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Paul Auster
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 316
- Publisher
- Edicions 62, Babel, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- French, Chinese, English, German
- ISBN
- 9780571170920
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“I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water.”
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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