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by Paul Auster

2017•Drama•960 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalromanceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticemotive & stirringcoming of agesolving the riddle/not as it seemslove conquers all

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Boxlist takeAn emotional, grounded novel: unhurried and serious. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

"Paul Auster's greatest, most heartbreaking and satisfying novel -- a sweeping and surprising story of birthright and possibility, of love and of life itself: a masterpiece. Nearly two weeks early, on March 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the one and only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalRomanceComing of ageSolving the riddle/not as it seemsLove conquers all

Subjects

Man-woman relationshipsJewsJewish familiesFamiliesInterpersonal relations

Details

Author
Paul Auster
Published
2017
Pages
960
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