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Just finished City of Glass, the first volume and it explores some of Auster’s favorite themes (identity and language) - the intricate twists and turns and self-insert of both the author and the narrator as two distinct characters made this mind-boggling. I didn’t expect anything less from Paul Auster. 5🌟

«  ‘J’ai trouvé un morceau de gorgonzola,’ she panted, rolling up her eyes as though she invited the heavens themselves to look down upon it. »

« The Benedictine… He is good with a piss bucket. »

« You can hear Siberia in the big, soft chords in Russian music that evoke the hush of silver birch trees and the billowing winter snows. »

Innocent Nicephorus not realizing he has a crush on Tyun

Brother Nicephorus is too precious for this world

Absolutely loving this so far

« But you accepted my courtship gifts. » unfortunately I don’t think the dead rattlesnakes on her doorstep wowed her much

Uhm… Did I accidentally pick up furry fiction ? Is it still called furry if they’re actually feathery? I’m confused

« And grandma Billy came in. » Not me just reading an entire chapter thinking grandma Billy was in the room with us 😑

« Normal people are only good at normal life. »

Soooo… when is the plot starting?

« You can sweep in and terrify us all with your sewing kit, my lord. »

Selena is starting a corn smut business 👀

I thought the rule was we don’t kill main characters ??

OMG WTF NOT HER

Not me saying Tunuva is too naive and then falling for the same person as she did lmao

Another ship is sailing ⛵️

Everything else is going terrible but at least my Dumai-Nikeya ship is sailing on against all odds

WDYM HE DIES I DON’T AGREE

The main protagonists are great and all, but master Kiprun is stealing the spotlight in every scene he appears in