The Book of Illusions: A Novel
Paul Auster
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Quantity: 2About this Item
Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Auster on the title-page. Laid into this copy is a promotional postcard listing Auster's appearance schedule. Seller Inventory # 016480
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Book of Illusions: A Novel
Publisher: Holt, New York
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition
About this title
Although film images are technically "illusions," this deft and layered novel is not so much about conscious illusion or trickery as about the traces we leave behind us: words, images, memories. Children are one obvious trace, but in this book, they are not allowed to carry their parents forward. They die early: Hector Mann losing his 3-year-old son to a bee sting just as David Zimmer has lost his two sons in the crash. The second half of The Book of Illusions is given over to a love affair, and to Zimmer's attempt to save something of Hector Mann, and of the others he has loved. In the end, what really survives of us on earth--what flickering immortality we are permitted--is left to the reader to surmise. --Regina Marler
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