Download or read book Paul Auster's Postmodernity written by Brendan Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses upon the literary and autobiographical writings of American novelist Paul Auster, investigating his literary postmodernity in relation to a full range of his writings. Martin addresses Auster’s evocation of a range of postmodern notions, such as the duplicitous art of self-invention, the role of chance and contingency, authorial authenticity and accountability, urban dislocation, and the predominance of duality.