Invisible, Paul Auster
Invisible, Paul Auster
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Invisible
A Novel

Author: Paul Auster

Narrator: Paul Auster

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2009


Synopsis

From the internationally bestselling author of The New York Trilogy and 4 3 2 1, Paul Auster "One of America's greatest novelists" dazzlingly reinvents the coming-of-age story with Invisible.

Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Paul Auster's fifteenth novel opens in New York City in the spring of 1967, when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University, meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born and his silent and seductive girlfriend, Margot. Before long, Walker finds himself caught in a perverse triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life.

Three different narrators tell the story of Invisible, a novel that travels in time from 1967 to 2007 and moves from Morningside Heights, to the Left Bank of Paris, to a remote island in the Caribbean. It is a book of youthful rage, unbridled sexual hunger, and a relentless quest for justice. With uncompromising insight, Auster takes us into the shadowy borderland between truth and memory, between authorship and identity, to produce a work of unforgettable power that confirms his reputation as "one of America's most spectacularly inventive writers."

About Paul Auster

Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blair on February 25, 2017

This is what fiction should be, in my opinion. Absolutely dazzling, believable yet at times shocking, intellectual without being predictable or dry, compulsively readable but never inane, and above all, completely effortless. Invisible addresses three seasons in the life of a young man, Adam Walker.......more

Goodreads review by Vit on September 07, 2018

A reader writes a book and a writer reads this book… That is what Invisible approximately comes up to on the side of the plot… Put something in the wrong place, and even though it is still there – quite possibly smack under your nose – it can vanish for the rest of time. Invisible is a novel of moral......more

Goodreads review by Helene Jeppesen on August 29, 2017

100 out of 5 stars!! One of my favourite books by Paul Auster <3......more


Quotes

“[Auster's]use of intertextuality and his crisp, simple prose will keep listeners fully engaged from beginning to end.” —Library Journal

“The story of a Columbia University undergraduate who encounters a strange French couple who change the course of his life is always compelling, especially as read in the gruff, detached growl of Auster's voice.” —Winston-Salem Journal

“Now comes Invisible, a novel of such virtuosity and depth that it should not only unite the faithful in a hallelujah chorus, but it deserves to draw legions of converts as well. More than a return to form, this might be Auster's best novel yet... Auster writes of 'the obsessive story that has wormed its way into your soul and become an integral part of your being.' This is that story.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Auster as a storyteller is captivating and simply good, just like the writer Paul Auster...With Paul Auster's smoky and straightforward voice, he stands out like a veritable auteur in the audio book genre...Invisible is worth listening to.” —Metapsychology