The Book of Illusions (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Auster
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1985-1999
- Setting: Vermont, New York, and New Mexico
- Principal Characters: David Zimmer, Hector Mann, Frieda Spelling, Alma Grund
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: New York
- Locales: New York
The Book of Illusions is Paul Auster’s tenth novel and thirty-fifth book overall. Although long praised as a decidedly literary writer, Auster has more recently achieved a wider audience. His last novel, Timbuktu (1999), narrated by an abandoned dog, became a best-seller, and the anthology I Thought My Father Was God, and Other Stories from NPR’s National Story Project (2001) has been widely praised, understandably so given the American public’s hunger for “true stories” from oral histories to so-called reality television. Auster’s fiction, however,...
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