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In this Rclaustrophobic allegoryS ("Publishers Weekly"), a man pieces together clues to his past--and the identity of his captors--when he wakes in an unfamiliar chamber ...
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Where's the exit?
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster 132pp, Faber, £12.99 An old man sits alone in an empty room. He has no idea how he came to be there, or for how long he will be detained. There are a few bare items of furniture: a bed, a desk, a table lamp, ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Not my style
I read two of Paul Auster's books, this one and the Red notebook and in both instances I was quite disappointed. I find his style of writing somewhat empty and failing to engage, over descriptive and pointless. Travels in the Scriptorium is a mystery left unsolved...
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- ISBN-10: 0641919255
- ISBN-13: 9780641919251
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2007
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
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Spare with the details
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster Faber, £12, pp130 An old man. A plain room. A stack of documents and photographs. A procession of visitors entering, speaking in elliptical fashion and leaving again. Paul Auster's slender new novel is not si ... (read full critics)