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About Paul Auster
American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker
Paul Auster was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. He is known for fiction and nonfiction that helped make him a distinctive voice in late 20th and early 21st century American letters. His work includes The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Music of Chance, True Tales of American Life, The Book of Illusions, The Brooklyn Follies, Invisible, Sunset Park, Winter Journal, 4 3 2 1, and Bloodbath Nation. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
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Books by Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy
1999
The Book of Illusions
2002
The Brooklyn Follies
2005
I Thought My Father Was God
2001
Sunset Park
2011