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!@#$%! · 05.05.2007, 04:23 AM

ok. it occurred to me that perhaps paul auster's "new york trilogy" could be peddled as detective fiction. it's not exactly a "crime" novel, more of a "mystery" but with a bizarre i dont want to call postmodern take on the genre, and quite abstract. it's not new by any means, i think it's from the 80's, and sorta like flaubert's parrot, but it might be a nice addition to the reader who is tired of the same crime novels (then again, they might WANT the same crime novel). now, the thing about "new york trilogy" (it's a penguin book, im pretty sure), it's also been published as a graphic novel. so you can offer the 2.

how would i qualify it.. hm..

a modern classic of detective fiction, a book unlike any other you've ever read. the new york trilogy 's 3 novellas trace the mysterious algebra between pursuer and pursued.

^^ something like that?
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edit: i edited.
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edit: now that i wrote that i realized that auster draws heavily from borges... oh i could write you a review for "ficciones"!!!! (but then auster is not "unlike any other...").

05.05.2007, 04:23 AM	#68
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,729	ok. it occurred to me that perhaps paul auster's "new york trilogy" could be peddled as detective fiction. it's not exactly a "crime" novel, more of a "mystery" but with a bizarre i dont want to call postmodern take on the genre, and quite abstract. it's not new by any means, i think it's from the 80's, and sorta like flaubert's parrot, but it might be a nice addition to the reader who is tired of the same crime novels (then again, they might WANT the same crime novel). now, the thing about "new york trilogy" (it's a penguin book, im pretty sure), it's also been published as a graphic novel. so you can offer the 2. how would i qualify it.. hm.. a modern classic of detective fiction, a book unlike any other you've ever read. the new york trilogy 's 3 novellas trace the mysterious algebra between pursuer and pursued. ^^ something like that? -- edit: i edited. --- edit: now that i wrote that i realized that auster draws heavily from borges... oh i could write you a review for "ficciones"!!!! (but then auster is not "unlike any other...").
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