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Description edit
Against the mythical dreamscape of America, Auster brilliantly weaves the bizarre narrative of Marco Stanley Fogg, an orphan searching for love, his father, and the key to the riddle of his origin and fate.
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Characters/People edit
- Marco Stanley Fogg: An orphan
- Uncle Victor: Fogg's uncle and main carer.
- Thomas Effing: painter and Fogg's employer
- Kitty Wu: Fogg's girlfriend
- Mrs. Hume: Add a description of this character.
- Zimmer
- Julian Barber
- John Kepler
- Byrne
- Pavel Shum
- Dora
- Scoresby
- Tom
- Blake
- Tesla
- Sol
- Moran
- Testa
- Hattie Newcombe
- Chandler
- Elizabeth
- George
- Clara
- Emily
- Fernandez
- Charlie
Quotes edit
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“Reality was yoyo, change was the only constant.”
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“The world enter us through our eyes, but we cannot make sense of it until it descends into our mouths.”
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“Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In that way, I can go on living on the moon for the rest of my life.”
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“For the first time in my life, I felt the Earth as a planet whirling through the heavens. It wasn't big, I discovered. It was small - it was almost microscopic. Of all the objects in the universe, nothing was smaller than the Earth.”
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“Then the moon came up from behind the hills. It was a full moon, as round and yellow as a burning stone. I kept my eyes on it as it rose into the night sky, not turning away until it had found its place in the darkness”
First Sentence edit
It was the summer that men first walked on the moon.
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Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition Book Covers. (community list)
This is book 188 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Sexing the Cherry, and followed by Billy Bathgate.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Auster (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0571154042
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Add the publisher.
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Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0571154042
Page Count: 320
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- Dewey: 813.54
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