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Paul Auster


Born
in Newark, New Jersey, The United States
February 03, 1947

Died
April 30, 2024

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Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Le ...more

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The New York Trilogy (New Y...

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4 3 2 1

3.97 avg rating — 37,792 ratings — published 2017 — 105 editions
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The Brooklyn Follies

3.88 avg rating — 32,911 ratings — published 2005 — 141 editions
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Moon Palace

3.98 avg rating — 29,582 ratings — published 1989 — 39 editions
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The Book of Illusions

3.90 avg rating — 26,877 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions
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City of Glass (The New York...

3.75 avg rating — 24,252 ratings — published 1985 — 74 editions
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Invisible

3.75 avg rating — 23,416 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
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Leviathan

3.97 avg rating — 21,593 ratings — published 1992 — 34 editions
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Oracle Night

3.81 avg rating — 17,949 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions
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Baumgartner

3.72 avg rating — 17,887 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions
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“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.”
Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the one thing that can stop a man from falling, powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity.”
Paul Auster, Moon Palace
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