City of Glass

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• Mirror writing

  City of Glass by Paul Auster, Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli 144pp, Faber, £8.99 A comic of City of Glass? But why? The idea sounds bizarre, even repellent: could there be any possible justification for turning a great novel into a graphic novel ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• City of Glass: The Graphic Novel

  City of Glass: The Graphic Novel story by Paul Auster graphic adaptation by Paul Karasik & David Mazzucchelli Picador Paperback 144 pages August 2004 “It was a wrong number that started it…” Quinn, a lonely, disaffected writer, is awakened one night ... (read full critics)

  curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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  A great adaptation for a great book

  This is not just a transposition of one of Auster's most famous works in graphical form; it's a masterpiece on its own merit, interpreting the text in a very creative way, pushing the boundaries of sequential art.

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• English Books
• Paperback 208 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 0140097317
• ISBN-13: 9780140097313
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
• Pub date: Apr 07, 1987
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Türk kitap, Slovenske knjige

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