If life is, as Jorge Luis Borges suggested, a garden of forking paths, then alternatives proliferate with every step. To the extent that it reduces the vertigo of possibilities to a single, narrow ...

Paul Auster, a prolific writer of compact and fast-paced novels that mash up postmodernism and noir, has been on a seven-year hiatus from fiction, his longest since the New York Trilogy (1985-86) that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By David L. Ulin, Special To The Washington Post Paul Auster used to be a spare writer. Think about “The New York Trilogy,” the three novels of which (“City ...

Paul Auster used to be a spare writer. Think about “The New York Trilogy,” the three novels of which (“City of Glass,” “Ghosts,” “The Locked Room”) don’t fill 500 pages combined, or his slim, ...

From these foundations of immigration, accident and provisional entry into American life, Paul Auster’s first novel in seven years compresses Ichabod’s life into one of the ample anecdotal catalogues ...

In his 880-page behemoth “4321,” Paul Auster meticulously follows his protagonist through four different versions of his life. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based author’s first novel in seven years, to be ...

Paul Auster, seen here in 2018, has died at 77. The prolific American author's works included "The New York Trilogy." Paul Auster, a filmmaker and author of "City of Glass" from the "The New York ...

Paul Auster used to be a spare writer. Think about "The New York Trilogy," the three novels of which ("City of Glass," "Ghosts," "The Locked Room") don't fill 500 pages combined, or his slim, ...

A long novel is something thought to be a serious novel. Paul Auster’s 866-page “4 3 2 1,” landing with a thud on the threshold of the nation’s bookstores, is plainly playing with that idea. Auster ...

Paul Auster, a filmmaker and author of "City of Glass" from the "The New York Trilogy" series, has died at age 77. Auster died on Tuesday evening due to complications from lung cancer, his literary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Auster, seen here in 2018, has died at 77. The prolific American author's works included "The New York Trilogy." Paul Auster, ...