Talk:Paul Auster

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This line stood out, as it seems opinionated ... Regarding Auster, "His later work has matured to be less pretentious in style while retaining its appeal to lovers of post-modern literature."

[edit] Style?

There is no information on Auster's stylistic devices - occasionally some vague points are made in the individual articles on each of his published works, but there is nothing addressing the author's very well-defined style. For example, a few of the book-articles mention the almost autobiographical nature of Auster's characters, which is a strong theme throughout his work.

There is no article on Leviathan, one of his most acclaimed works... I was going to write a lengthy article on Leviathan myself, but now I'm considering doing a much shorter one, but adding more to this page in terms of style/themes etc. I could then link the various (short) book-articles back to the main thing, saving repetition, and further highlighting his rigidly structured style.

Also there are a few over-opinionated lines in the articles (as has already been noted) - I might change some of these around a bit.

Any objections? If no one has replied within the next day or so, I'll start work!

bish 21:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• I tried to put something into the article about his reoccurring subjects. --Kaffeeringe.de 21:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)