92nd Street Y (92Y) (Venue Partner)
1395 Lexington Ave
212.415.5500
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Auster
- When
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Monday Nov 30, 2009 (8pm)
- Where
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Directions: Corner of 92nd St and Lexington Ave
- Price
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$19.00 / $10.00
“Acclaimed Spanish novelist Javier Marias makes his first US appearance in over 20 years at the 92Y's legendary reading series, joining a venerable list that includes W.H. Auden, Susan Sontag, and Tennessee Williams. Marias wrote his first novel at the age of 17 before embarking on a career as a translator for works by John Updike and Joseph Conrad, among others. Marias' own novels are vivid adventures that deal with politics and history, leading to actual change. In 1997, for instance, the current monarch of Redonda was moved to abdicate his throne (to the writer no less) after taking in his story about the country's third king. Rounding out the night, prolific Brooklynite Paul Auster reads from his latest novel, Invisible, an epic tale that spans 40 years and is told by multiple narrators.”
Chris Kompanek, Flavorpill
Paul Auster will be introduced by Rick Moody. Wyatt Mason will introduce Javier Marías.
Paul Auster "has an enormous talent for creating worlds that are both fantastic and believable," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle. His new novel is Invisible. Spanish novelist Javier Marías—"famous everywhere but here," wrote Wyatt Mason—has not traveled to the U.S. in more than 20 years. Upon publication of the English translation of the final volume of his Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, he makes his first visit to the Poetry Center. "One of the writers who deserves the Nobel Prize is Javier Marías," wrote Orhan Pamuk.
