- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140115854
- ISBN-13: 978-0140115857
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.9 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,245,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Auster's novel is not only a gripping page turner but also an ontological enquiry.
The development of its main character, Marco Stanley Fogg, is set against the development of a country and its culture - taking the reader on a journey throughout America from Chicago to New York to the West. With classical tragedy, the characters of Moon Palace experience a concatenation of reciprocities: life/death, sanity/insanity, the self/the non self, beginnings/endings, discovery/loss, which leaves the reader questioning whether the characters lives are their own, that some form of predestination is at work, only to be shocked, amused, upset or humoured by the next turn of events.
Auster is genuinely a great, innovative and intelligent author, this novel will leave you with more questions than answers and I bet its not too long before you return to experience it all over again.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In search of a good mystery I went to the Edgar Awards to find an author with whom I was unfamiliar. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster was unavailable, so I picked up Moon Palace instead.
I finished the book in one sitting. It seems to be more than a novel or stories strung together to tell a tale, but rather a grouping of real and beautiful pictures orchestrated with words. There is a sense of loss at its end, as if people you have known are now, once more beyond reach. It is one of those books that you wish you had only just begun, or that it was three times longer in length.
I'll go back to the book and read it again and I will read the rest of Auster's work.
27 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Moon Palace is my favourite Paul Auster book. He has a beautiful style, and his writing is musical. Comparing him to Hesse seems almost right, but his words are not as heavy-sounding as Hesse's. Does the word "metaphysical" fit? A story of coincidences, and, as always, that sense of tragedy and melancholy running through the story. Anyone who's ever spent too much time alone should definitely read this book. Paul Auster is the kind of writer who takes the half-thoughts and idle dreams out of your head and expresses them so much better than you ever could.
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Makes reading worthwile again.
As a teen who is trying hard to engage in reading, a somewhat forgotten art amongst my generation , I would say this book has been perfect for me. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Ted
A different Paul Auster novel
Some Paul Auster novels have recurring themes in them, and despite the fact that I love the author's style, after a while some of his novels seem predictable (think of the... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Annie J.
Auster's Epic Tale On The Search For Identity
Paul Auster's 1989 novel Moon Palace is a great example of this inspired writer's more complex, but ultimately, immensely rewarding, fables. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Keith M
Enchanting and dreamlike
A masterful rendition of the turmoils of youth, a intricate first love, an odd and revealing first apprenticeship, stubbornness and far off places. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Avaftw
Auster's most Dickensian work
This is Auster's most Dickensian work. Enough said. If you don't read this, you are depriving yourself of great 20th C English-language literature. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Daniel Abondolo
the enigma of identity, fate, and rebirth
This is a deep philosophical and psychological novel whose journey gets the reader to question life. Read more
Published 9 months ago by rob crawford
Ponderous
I'm sure Paul Auster is a great writer... but he's not for me on the evidence of this book. It just didn't engage me. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Len Collin
Of missing fathers... and some incredible coincidences...
Paul Auster remains one of the best and most essential of America's living novelists. His novels are rich and dense, set against historical backgrounds that display his erudition. Read more
Published 15 months ago by John P. Jones III
in one word: impressive!
This is an absolutely awesome and recommendable book!
Paul Auster's way of writing tantalize the reader, you can't stop reading it. Read more
Paul Auster's way of writing tantalize the reader, you can't stop reading it. Read more
Published 19 months ago by alexlie
One of my favourite novels
This is just a brilliant bit of storytelling.
I was gripped from the very first page and Auster weaves a totally compelling story out of deceptively simple elements. Read more
I was gripped from the very first page and Auster weaves a totally compelling story out of deceptively simple elements. Read more
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