保罗·奥斯特,1947年出生于美国新泽西州纽瓦克市一个犹太裔中产阶级家庭,毕业于哥伦比亚大学。他被视为美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。
保罗·奥斯特年轻时过着漂泊无定的生活,不断尝试各种工作。一九七〇年至一九七四年,他客居巴黎,靠翻译法国文学为生。
保罗·奥斯特的主要作品有小说《布鲁克林的荒唐事》、《纽约三部曲》、《幻影书》等。曾获法国美第奇最佳外国小说奖、西班牙阿斯图里亚斯王储文学奖,作品被翻译成三十多种文字。他编剧的电影《烟》于一九九六年获得柏林电影节银熊奖和最佳编剧奖。
保罗·奥斯特现定居纽约布鲁克林区。
Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, retired, estranged from his only daughter, the former life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Glass encounters his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, who is working in a local bookstore -- a far cry from the brilliant academic career Tom had begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the colorful and charismatic Harry Brightman -- aka Harry Dunkel -- once the owner of a Chicago art gallery, whom fate has also brought to the "ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York." Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new circle of acquaintances -- not to mention a stray relative or two -- and leads him to a reckoning with his past. With The Brooklyn Follies , the always astonishing Paul Auster has written what is undoubtedly his warmest, most exuberant novel, a moving, unforgettable hymn to the glories and mysteries of ordinary human life.
Hotel Existence is the one thing I will always remember. Curiously enough, as obsessed with daydreaming as I am, it never occurs to me that I should find a permanent spot to harbour my "exhausted soul". Even in dreams I wander, I loaf... Well, that calls f...
评分“汤姆只管摇头叹气。“我们两个相处不来。不到一个月,她就会把我磨得半死。” “这么说来,只相处一晚,你就打算放弃她了?” “这也没什么不对吧。见好就收。” “如果她又悄悄爬上你的床,你怎么办呢?总不能一脚把她踢下床去吧?” 汤姆掏出火柴,点燃第二根烟,沉默了好...
评分去年秋天我在纽约淘书的时候,在很多家书店陈列的推荐书中都看到了保罗•奥斯特的《布鲁克林的荒唐事》(The Brooklyn Follies)。在著名的“思存书店”(Strand Bookstore)里,这本小说旁边还立着一张书店员工手书的推荐卡片,印象中上面写的是“此书是对布鲁克林和当代美...
评分“历险”是小说中最古老的一个主题。在小说诞生之日起,它便可能蕴藏其中,随时间的变迁变幻各种形态。尽管我们所生存的世界已经变得越来越狭促、萎缩,甚至连“历险”的可能性也没有了,剩下的只是在庸俗的日常生活中做一次次对“历险”的缅怀。但是“历险”作为小说主题,在...
评分《纽约三部曲》令我对保罗•奥斯特没好感。媚雅、做作、故弄玄虚、空洞薄弱、迎合全民后现代的雕虫小技,用量贩式的大师造型企图掩饰没有讲一个好故事、或讲好一个故事的能力,也没有不讲故事的底气。想到王家卫、王小帅都得过戛纳奖,关于奥斯特曾获美第奇奖一事也并不费解...
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