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The Book of Illusions
The Book of Illusions
The Book of Illusions
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The Book of Illusions

Written by Paul Auster

Narrated by Paul Auster

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After losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he sees a clip from a lost film by the silent comedian Hector Mann. Zimmer soon finds himself embarking on a journey around the world to study the works of this mysterious figure, who vanished from sight in 1929.

Presumed dead for sixty years, Hector Mann was a comic genius who had flashed briefly across American movie screens, tantalizing the public with the promise of a brilliant future. Then, just as the silent era came to an end, he walked out of his house one January morning and was never heard from again.

Zimmer's research leads him to write the first full-length study of Hector's films. Upon publication the following year, a letter turns up bearing a return address from New Mexico -- supposedly written by Hector's wife. "Hector has read your book and would like to meet you. Are you interested in paying us a visit?" Is the letter a hoax, or is Hector Mann still alive? Torn between doubt and belief, Zimmer hesitates, until one night a strange woman appears on his doorstep and makes the decision from him, changing his life forever.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateAug 10, 2004
ISBN9780060784362
The Book of Illusions
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Paul Auster

Paul Auster is the bestselling author of Oracle Night, The Book of Illusions, and Timbuktu. I Thought My Father Was God, the NPR National Story Project anthology, which he edited, was also a national bestseller. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Paul Auster at his best, with the added bonus of being read by the author himself!

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    I have read/listened this book couple of times and i can say, it is one of the greatest creations by Paul Auster. The book that makes you think a lot, the book that lives you confused and satisfied at once. Once you read it you can never stop thinking about it. Thinking about what was real and what was just an imagination. Or was anything real at all?

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