Dog's Life

[commonpeople]

Comments

[doraphilia]

ugh, I HATED this book so much. It really upset me since Moon Palace was so wonderful. Give that one a try!

[commonpeople]

Will do! I thought of you when I finished the read. Didn't necessarily hate it, but was surprised at its pointless existence.

[peteyoung]

I dunno, I liked it, although sure, it's probably not representational of his better known stuff. (I much preferred Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain which similarly takes a dog's point of view.)

I can cautiously recommend Man in the Dark, although at times it felt Auster was skimming the surface of what he was trying to get at.

[commonpeople]

I think your review points at what Auster wanted to accomplish... but I don't think he succeeded! He's not successful for example at completely separating Mr Auster from Mr Bones in the narrative sometimes.

I love the idea of a dog narrator because I love dogs, but ultimately there has to be a point to it. I just couldn't find it in this one.

I'll check out Man in the Dark. :-)

[millionreasons]

New York trilogy is OK.

[norabird]

I have to say I think Auster and disappointing go hand in hand. I haven't tried the New York Trilogy though, which people seem to like. But what I've read from his author work didn't satisfy. I did to my surprise rather like Man in the Dark. He's quite popular in Germany, for what it's worth.

[commonpeople]

I've never felt like reading him until recently, when I read a good review for Sunset Park and thought the story's premise was interesting. I might give that one a go and if I like it I'll go for the others suggested.

[naturalbornkaos]

I haven't read "Timbuktu" but I've read a few Auster novels and really enjoyed them all. That said, "The Book of Illusions" was by far the best of the bunch - I'd definitely recommend that one to you!

[commonpeople]

Cool, cheers!