Travels in the Scriptorium: A Novel
 

Travels in the Scriptorium

by Paul Auster

A man pieces together clues to his past—and the identity of his captors—in this fantastic, labyrinthine novel


An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for... (read more)

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KQED Arts & Culture
  • Rated 5 stars

Not sure this is the right place to put this, but we recently did a recording with Paul for our show The Writers' Block. The reading was incredible. Here's a link: http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/151/510076/18365965/KQED_18365965.mp3

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Amy K
  • Rated 2 stars

It was pretty predictable but a quick read, so not a total waste of time.

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  • Rated 3.068182 stars
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  • Rated 3.666667 stars
 

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  • werdnerd

    werdnerd said:

    I like the whole concept, but I thought it could have ended better. Seems like the author just, gave up. I'm sure that's not the case, but that's what it felt like to me.

    posted Wednesday, August 1 2007
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