Auster, Paul Timbuktu ISBN 13: 9780805054071

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9780805054071: Timbuktu

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Mr. Bones, the canine sidekick of Willy G. Christmas, a brilliant but troubled Brooklyn poet, accompanies his master on a trip to Baltimore, Maryland, to search for Willy's high-school teacher and beloved mentor, Bea Swanson, in a novel narrated from the dog's point of view. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

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"What was a poor dog to do?": This story of contemporary America--from the poet- wanderer's life on the streets to the world of "two-car garages, home-improvement loans, and neo-Renaissance shopping malls"--is told from the point of view of a "four-leg", Mr. Bones.

Following his critically acclaimed The New York Trilogy and The Invention of Solitude, Paul Auster's new novel is a sad and witty saga of a dog's life. With the imminent demise of his first master, Willy G. Christmas--on his way to "Timbuktu"--Mr Bones faces an uncertain future as a "lost" dog, an ownerless dog, a homeless dog.

Timbuktu is a tale of what happens, before and after Willy's death: the dilemmas of ethics and affection, of a man and a dog in search of love and friendship. In Mr Bones' dreams, Willy comes back, exhorting, advising, allegorising: "People get treated like dogs, too, my friend, and sometimes they have to sleep in barns and meadows because there's nowhere else for them to go." Like Mom-san, Willy's mother, "hunted ... down like a dog" in Warsaw. The connection is crucial to the novel; its sustained, but discreet, reflection on the vicissitudes of human--and canine--love and hate. --Vicky Lebeau

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"["Timbuktu" is] held aloft with audacity and brilliant, idiosyncratic language. . . . It's risk-taking and brazen energy suggest a writer on the verge of an even more rewarding leap into the air of his own uncharted territory."--Philip Graham, "Chicago Tribune
""A novel of haunted love whose themes loop around one another like glowing coils, connecting gracefully beneath Auster's clear prose, eliciting the fanciful and the tragic."--Oscar Villalon, "San Francisco Chronicle
""A modern parable that invites readers to probe below its deceptively simple surface for deeper truths . . . Auster demonstrates a well-honed talent for illuminating secluded facets of the soul."--Michael Hopkins, "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
"Lovely . . . Paul Auster is one of our most inventive and least predictable authors."--Jonathan Yardley, "The Washington Post Book World"

"Over the past twenty-five years, Paul Auster has established one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature."--Michael Dirda, "The New York Review of Books"
"["Timbuktu" is] held aloft with audacity and brilliant, idiosyncratic language. . . . It's risk-taking and brazen energy suggest a writer on the verge of an even more rewarding leap into the air of his own uncharted territory."--Philip Graham, "Chicago Tribune
""A novel of haunted love whose themes loop around one another like glowing coils, connecting gracefully beneath Auster's clear prose, eliciting the fanciful and the tragic."--Oscar Villalon, "San Francisco Chronicle
""A modern parable that invites readers to probe below its deceptively simple surface for deeper truths . . . Auster demonstrates a well-honed talent for illuminating secluded facets of the soul."--Michael Hopkins, "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
"Lovely . . . Paul Auster is one of our most inventive and least predictable authors."--Jonathan Yardley, "The Washington Post Book World"

Over the past twenty-five years, Paul Auster has established one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature. "Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books"

["Timbuktu" is] held aloft with audacity and brilliant, idiosyncratic language. . . . It's risk-taking and brazen energy suggest a writer on the verge of an even more rewarding leap into the air of his own uncharted territory. "Philip Graham, Chicago Tribune"

A novel of haunted love whose themes loop around one another like glowing coils, connecting gracefully beneath Auster's clear prose, eliciting the fanciful and the tragic. "Oscar Villalon, San Francisco Chronicle"

A modern parable that invites readers to probe below its deceptively simple surface for deeper truths . . . Auster demonstrates a well-honed talent for illuminating secluded facets of the soul. "Michael Hopkins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"

Lovely . . . Paul Auster is one of our most inventive and least predictable authors. "Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World""

Over the past twenty-five years, Paul Auster has established one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature. Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books

[Timbuktu is] held aloft with audacity and brilliant, idiosyncratic language. . . . It's risk-taking and brazen energy suggest a writer on the verge of an even more rewarding leap into the air of his own uncharted territory. Philip Graham, Chicago Tribune

A novel of haunted love whose themes loop around one another like glowing coils, connecting gracefully beneath Auster's clear prose, eliciting the fanciful and the tragic. Oscar Villalon, San Francisco Chronicle

A modern parable that invites readers to probe below its deceptively simple surface for deeper truths . . . Auster demonstrates a well-honed talent for illuminating secluded facets of the soul. Michael Hopkins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Lovely . . . Paul Auster is one of our most inventive and least predictable authors. Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World

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"Over the past twenty-five years, Paul Auster has established one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature." --Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books

"[Timbuktu is] held aloft with audacity and brilliant, idiosyncratic language. . . . It's risk-taking and brazen energy suggest a writer on the verge of an even more rewarding leap into the air of his own uncharted territory." --Philip Graham, Chicago Tribune

"A novel of haunted love whose themes loop around one another like glowing coils, connecting gracefully beneath Auster's clear prose, eliciting the fanciful and the tragic." --Oscar Villalon, San Francisco Chronicle

"A modern parable that invites readers to probe below its deceptively simple surface for deeper truths . . . Auster demonstrates a well-honed talent for illuminating secluded facets of the soul." --Michael Hopkins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Lovely . . . Paul Auster is one of our most inventive and least predictable authors." --Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World

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  • PublisherHenry Holt & Company Inc
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0805054073
  • ISBN 13 9780805054071
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages181

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