The book is certainly a saga, reminiscent of Richard Powers’s wonderful The Time of Our Singing or Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of Augie March or even the late Victorian novels of families in a time of change. Whatever its posterity, 4 3 2 1 is certainly an impressive achievement. W. Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. · Toward the middle of Paul Auster's new novel, 4 3 2 1, young Archie Ferguson, recovering from a car accident that could have killed him, quotes the Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. · The hero of Paul Auster's new coming-of-age novel, "4 3 2 1," is Archie Ferguson, born in in New Jersey to middle-class, Jewish parents. In fact, the heroes of Auster's novel are four Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.
The book is certainly a saga, reminiscent of Richard Powers's wonderful The Time of Our Singing or Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March or even the late Victorian novels of families in a time of change. Whatever its posterity, 4 3 2 1 is certainly an impressive achievement. W. M. Hagen. Oklahoma Baptist University. As inventive and dexterously constructed as anything Paul Auster has ever written, 4 3 2 1 is an unforgettable tour de force, the crowning work of this masterful writer's extraordinary career. Paul Auster is the best-selling author of Winter Journal, Sunset Park, Man in the Dark, The Brooklyn Follies, The Book of Illusions and The New York. 4 3 2 1 is much more than a piece of literary gamesmanship It is a heartfelt and engaging piece of storytelling that unflinchingly explores the 20thcentury American experience in all its honor and ignominy. This is, without doubt, Auster's magnum opus A true revelation.
The hero of Paul Auster's new coming-of-age novel, "4 3 2 1," is Archie Ferguson, born in in New Jersey to middle-class, Jewish parents. In fact, the heroes of Auster's novel are four. Paul Auster’s new novel, “4 3 2 1,” imagines diverging paths for its hero’s life. “It’s actually four books in one, or at least three and a third,” Tom Perrotta writes. 4 3 2 1 is a novel by Paul Auster published in January At the time of its publication, it was the first new Auster novel to have appeared in seven years. Auster worked on the book seven days a week for three years and wrote it in long hand. At pages, the novel is much longer than any of his previous works. In September it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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