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Mr. Vertigo is a novel written by the American author Paul Auster. Faber & Faber first published it in 1994 in Great Britain. The book fits well in Auster's bibliography, which has reappearing themes like failure and identity and genres like absurdist fiction, crime fiction and existentialism.
Apr 1, 1994 · Mr. Vertigo is the story of Walter Rawley, who recounts how at the age of nine he made a pact with the man who promised to teach him how to fly. Master Yehudi spotted young Walt on the streets of Saint Louis, sweeping the foul-mouthed and lonely kid off the ground with his promise.
Mr. Vertigo (1994), a historical novel by Paul Auster, follows a boy who joins a circus troupe and experiences sides of America he didn’t know existed. Critics, who praise the book for its characterization and setting, note that the central character’s journey symbolizes America’s own “coming of age,” and what it means to be American.
Apr 15, 2021 · In the 1920's, an orphan is rescued from the streets of St. Louis by a mysterious stranger, who teaches him to fly and walk on water. Now an octogenarian, he tells the story of his vaudeville act. By the author of Moon palace.
Aug 1, 1995 · “Nobody—nobody—has produced a better parable about the condition of the national consciousness at century’s end.”—The Boston Globe An enduringly brilliant novel of trial and triumph set in America in the 1920s, from New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster“A charmer pure and simple . . .
Aug 1, 1995 · Mr. Vertigo. Paul Auster. Penguin, Aug 1, 1995 - Fiction - 304 pages. An enduringly brilliant tale of trial and triumph, set in America in the 1920s, from the author of 4 3 2 1: A Novel.
In Mr. Vertigo, his dazzling eighth novel, Paul Auster introduces a quintessentially American hero who, early in his life, masters the art of the unimaginable, and then must live out his...
