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The book of illusions a novel paul auster man has not one and the same life. Mar 28, 2020 lee ahora descargar descripcion one of americas greatest novelists dazzlingly reinvents the comingofage story in his most passionate and surprising book to datesinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, paul auster s fifteenth novel opens in new york city in the spring of 1967, when twentyyearold adam walker, an aspiring poet and student at columbia. Paul auster is the bestselling author of travels in the scriptorium, oracle night, and man in the dark, among many other works. Ook in zijn volgens mij beste boek leviathan gaat over. This masterly interpretation of an epochmaking book. His notable works include the new york trilogy, moon palace, the music of chance, the book of illusions, the brooklyn follies, invisible, sunset park, winter journal, and 4 3 2 1.
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