In this Rclaustrophobic allegoryS ("Publishers Weekly"), a man pieces together clues to his pastand the identity of his captorswhen he wakes in an unfamiliar chamber equipped with cameras, a manuscript, and a haunting set of photographs. Unabridged. 4 CDs. The Washington Post - Howard Norman Auster is one of our most intellectually elegant writers. He has persistently subverted the ordinary mechanisms of suspense, chronology, even genre. In certain fundamental attributes, this new novel resembles his Oracle Night, published in 2003. Yet determined readers come to savor the inimitable way Auster keeps restructuring and vivifying his novelistic obsessions. Themes are hungry ghosts, Borges said. Fortunately, Auster's ghosts are insatiable. Author: Auster, Paul. Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 145 Publication Date: 2007 Edition: 1st Binding: Hardcover MSRP: 22 ISBN13: 9780805081459 ISBN: 0805081453 Language: en Quality Rating: 1 "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."
