The Book of Illusions Contributor(s): Auster, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312429010 ISBN-13: 9780312429010 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: In this rich and emotionally charged work, a man's obsession with a silent film star sends him on a journey into a shadowy world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER |
Contributor Bio(s): Auster, Paul: - Paul Auster is the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Winter Journal, Sunset Park, Invisible, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. He has been awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature, the Prix Médicis Étranger, the Independent Spirit Award, and the Premio Napoli. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. "Auster has an enormous talent for creating worlds that are both fantastic and believable. . . . His novels are uniformly difficult to put down, a testament to his storytelling gifts."--Timothy Peters, San Francisco Chronicle |