Moon Palace by Paul Auster (English) Paperback Book

Description: Moon Palace by Paul Auster 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Moon Palace is the story of Marco Stanley Fogg - a novel that spans three generations, from the early years of this century to the first lunar landings, and that moves from the canyons of Manhattan to the cruelly beautiful landscape of the American West. Notes Reissued with a new jacket, to coincide with the publication of Hand To Mouth. Author Biography Paul Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey in the United States in 1947. After attending Columbia University, he lived in France for four years. Since 1974 he has published poems, essays, novels, screenplays and translations. He was the editor of the short story anthology, True Tales of American Life. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Promotional Paul Austers enthralling adventure story from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: a literary voice for the ages (Guardian) Kirkus UK Review This tells the story of Marco Stanley Fogg - orphan, child of the sixties - spanning three generations. We move from the early years of this century to the first lunar landing, and from Manhatten to the landscape of the American West. (Kirkus UK) Kirkus US Review Like the best 18th-century fiction, this witty and wildly inventive novel revels in its implausibilities, and it does so with an attention to character and cosmos worthy of Swift, Fielding, or Sterne. Auster (The New York Trilogy, In the Country of Last Things) here fashions three personal histories that span the 20th-century and range across the American landscape, from the chaotic city to the desolate frontier. Marco Stanley Fogg, illegitimate and orphaned at 11, seems a victim of fate and a child of his time. At Columbia University during the 60s, Marco, always an oddball and outsider while growing up with his bachelor uncle in Chicago, begins his descent into nothingness, hoping to create from his screwy life a work of art. At best, he becomes a minimalist artifact, as he abandons his few friends and possessions, and makes a job of daily survival. Soon after graduation, this restless explorer of the self takes to the streets, sleeping in Central Park, eating from trash bins, and discovering the meaning of utter loneliness. Eventually saved from self-destruction, Marco finds love with the enigmatic Kitty Wu - a beautiful "orphan in the storm" herself- and a job with Thomas Effing - a dying octogenarian who chooses Marco as his biographer. This cantankerous codger turns out to be "a kindred spirit," a former painter who took advantage of a disastrous trip out West in 1916, and created a new identity after he was presumed dead. With his actual death planned for the near future, Effing wants the son he never met to know the truth. After Effings death, Solomon, the abandoned son, spins his tragic tale to Marco as well. An indiscretion with a 19-year-old student back in the 50s led this "scholarly curmudgeon" on a path to academic obscurity and personal dejection. The stories of Marco, Effing, and Solomon, each told in their time and sharing a similar design, suggest not only a synchronicity of life cycles, but also prove to have a more intimate connection - a connection discovered too late to save Marco from yet another encounter with absolute loneliness. Coming so soon after a string of masterly little novels, Austers latest attests to the expansiveness of his vision and the deepening of his voice. (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description 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. Moon Palace is the story of Marco Stanley Fogg - a novel that spans three generations, from the early years of this century to the first lunar landings, and that moves from the canyons of Manhattan to the cruelly beautiful landscape of the American West. Promotional "Headline" Moon Palace is Paul Austers enthralling adventure story, re-examining our concepts of America, art, and the self. Details ISBN0571142206 Author Paul Auster Pages 320 ISBN-10 0571142206 ISBN-13 9780571142200 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Birth 1947 Media Book Edition 2nd Language English Publisher Faber & Faber Imprint Faber & Faber AU Release Date 2004-02-05 NZ Release Date 2005-06-30 Edition Description Main Year 1990 Publication Date 1990-04-30 Audience General UK Release Date 1990-04-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:3042849;

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