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Professor David Zimmer is drinking himself to death over the death of his family in a plane crash when one night he sees a clip from a film by the silent comedian Hector Mann. Mann vanished in 1929, but his films have begun to reappear anonymously in film archives around the world. Zimmer embarks on a journey to study the films, and thus begins a story within a mystery within a fable.
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The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster
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- Released
- 2003
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paul Auster
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0571212182
- ISBN13
- 9780571212187
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Love, Thriller, Family, Contemporary Fiction, USA, American Literature, Death, Filmthema, Life, Psychological Thrillers, Mysterious, Mysteries, America, Loss, Search, Guilt, Forgiveness, Comicality, Comedians, Literary Themes, Silent Film, New Mexico
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- The Book of Illusions
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Professor David Zimmer is drinking himself to death over the death of his family in a plane crash when one night he sees a clip from a film by the silent comedian Hector Mann. Mann vanished in 1929, but his films have begun to reappear anonymously in film archives around the world. Zimmer embarks on a journey to study the films, and thus begins a story within a mystery within a fable.