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Fictional hounds make for doggone goodFictional hounds make for doggone good readingMilwaukee Journal SentinelTwo excellent novels of our time rely on the companionate relationship between men and their talking dogs: Pete Nelson's "I Thought You Were Dead: A Love Story" (Algonquin, 2010) and Paul Auster's "Timbuktu" (1999, now a Picador paperback). ...Posted on 19 February 2011 | 10:42 pm
The cult of the sentence: Take that, StrunkGlobe and MailThe cult of the sentence: Take that, Strunk & White!Globe and MailThis screed by one BR Myers, which flayed the prose of E. Annie Proulx, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and others, waged an attack on what he called “the sentence cult.” As a card-carrying cult member, I can still recall the sting of the ...
Posted on 18 February 2011 | 9:12 pm
Essential Jewish fiction - Spectator.co.ukSpectator.co.uk (blog)Essential Jewish fictionSpectator.co.uk (blog)Some wonderful choices are included, from Paul Auster's postmodern New York Trilogy to Joseph Heller's WWII satire, Catch 22, with Kafka, Proust and Salinger dominating the top spots. While the list does not claim to be definitive, it does offer a ...
Posted on 17 February 2011 | 12:23 pm
Jonathan Lethem has a beef with BrooklynBrooklynPapers.comJonathan Lethem has a beef with Brooklyn (you got a problem wit dat?)BrooklynPapers.comOf course, no one harbors a grudge like a Brooklynite, but most readers have been too busy enjoying the work of real borough residents such as Jhumpa Lahiri, Paul Auster, Rick Moody and the “Jonathans,” Safran Foer and Ames, to worry about Lethem's ...and more »
Posted on 17 February 2011 | 7:04 am
Sunset Park by Paul Auster - The LiterateurThe LiterateurSunset Park by Paul AusterThe LiterateurIn his book of the same name, Slavoj Žižek deploys Marx's concept of history repeating itself 'first as tragedy, then as farce' to describe (what he sees as) the two major global crises of the last decade: the collapse of the Twin Towers ...
Posted on 12 February 2011 | 10:09 am
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Paul Auster’s Turkish Dust-UpThe author had barely finished criticizing Turkey’s treatment of writers when the Turkish prime minister attacked him.Posted on 7 February 2012 | 10:38 pm
Paul Auster hits back at Turkish PMAfter Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the novelist 'ignorant', Auster reiterates protest against country's free speech prohibitions American novelist Paul Auster has hit back after the Turkish prime minister described him as "an ignorant man". Auster, author of the acclaimed New York Trilogy, told Turkish paper Hurriyet earlier this week that he refused to visit Turkey because of imprisoned ...
Posted on 3 February 2012 | 9:31 pm
John Steinbeck Also Hated Hollywood; A SiriToday in publishing and literature: Paul Auster is fighting with the prime minister of Turkey, a comprehensive guide to the best literary Tumblrs, and Billy Ray Cyrus is the latest celebrity to benefit from Amazon Publishing's largesse.
Posted on 3 February 2012 | 5:28 pm
Paul Auster: Unlike Turkey, Israel Has FreeNoted American Paul Auster author defended his decision to refuse a Turkey visit over the limits the country places on free speech on Wednesday, after Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused him of having double standards for visiting Israel.
Posted on 2 February 2012 | 8:31 am
Paul Auster Responds After Turkish PrimeThe novelist Paul Auster said in an interview that he would not visit Turkey because of its jailing of writers and journalists, which prompted a mocking response from the Turkish prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan.
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 7:44 pm
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Turkey's Erdogan criticizes American writerTurkey's prime minister has hit back at American writer Paul Auster who was quoted as saying that he would not visit the country to protest its jailing of journalists and writers.Posted on 1 February 2012 | 2:31 pm
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The New York Trilogy do Paul Auster, quem meThe New York Trilogy do Paul Auster, quem me dá?Posted on 9 February 2012 | 12:21 am
@SvenskaKac i think your cat will make you@SvenskaKac i think your cat will make you happier than a person would! no problems involved at all ;) im reading paul auster's "invisible"
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 11:55 pm
RT @ActForIsrael: We Salute: AmericanRT @ActForIsrael: We Salute: American writer, Paul Auster defends Israel's free speech while confronting Turkish PM http://t.co/u3cyFJuW
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 11:41 pm
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Posted on 8 February 2012 | 11:18 pm
RT @OzAlleyCat: "There r nearly 100RT @OzAlleyCat: "There r nearly 100 writers imprisoned in Turkey":Paul Auster hits back @ Turk PM http://t.co/VI1Am6qs /via @MelbournePEN @GuardianBooks
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 11:01 pm
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The New York Trilogy – Paul AusterThe book was on promotion, and I had always been quite curious about what sort of writing Paul Auster does, having heard quite a bit about him, especially about The New York Trilogy. It was supposed to be a good book, and ...Posted on 8 February 2012 | 6:13 am
JK Alternative Viewpoint » Blog Archive »Criticizing Turkey's treatment of journalists and authors, Paul Auster found himself attacked by the Turkish prime minister, who used the occasion to also slam Israel. Paul Auster's latest memoir, Winter Journal, had its debut in ...
Posted on 5 February 2012 | 12:16 pm
Paul Auster's Criticism ofThe author had barely finished criticizing Turkey's treatment of writers when the Turkish prime minister attacked him.
Posted on 4 February 2012 | 9:45 am
Paul Auster Is 65 | The AwlPaul Benjamin Auster, a Brooklyn novelist long before that term inspired yawns and derision, turns 65 today. I'm partial to Moon Palace, but The New York Trilogy is also pretty great.
Posted on 3 February 2012 | 10:40 am
Turkey's Erdogan, Paul AusterOver the past day or so, a fierce fight has erupted between Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan and New York Jewish author, Paul Auster. The controversy began when Auster, whose new book was recently published in ...
Posted on 3 February 2012 | 10:11 am
