4 3 2 1
Published on 14. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
1088 pages
978-0-571-32465-1 (ISBN)
Description
Auster's Booker Prize-shortlisted epic from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: 'a literary voice for the ages' (Guardian)
'A masterpiece.' Daily Mail
'Absorbing and immersive . . . the author's greatest novel.' FT
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson's life will take four simultaneous but entirely different paths. Family fortunes diverge. Loves and friendships and passions contrast. Each version of Ferguson's story rushes across the fractured terrain of mid-twentieth century America, in this sweeping story of birthright and possibility, of love and the fullness of life itself.
'Remarkable . . . A novel that contains multitudes.' New York Times
'A vast portrait of the turbulent mid-20th century . . . wonderfully, vividly conveyed.' New Statesman
'A masterpiece.' Daily Mail
'Absorbing and immersive . . . the author's greatest novel.' FT
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson's life will take four simultaneous but entirely different paths. Family fortunes diverge. Loves and friendships and passions contrast. Each version of Ferguson's story rushes across the fractured terrain of mid-twentieth century America, in this sweeping story of birthright and possibility, of love and the fullness of life itself.
'Remarkable . . . A novel that contains multitudes.' New York Times
'A vast portrait of the turbulent mid-20th century . . . wonderfully, vividly conveyed.' New Statesman
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 192 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 51 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-32465-1 (9780571324651)
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Paul Auster (1947-2024) was the bestselling author of The New York Trilogy, Sunset Park, The Book of Illusions, Moon Palace and 4 3 2 1, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Among his many international honours were the Prix Medicis Etranger, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Carlos Fuentes Prize, given in recognition of his body of work. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lived in Brooklyn, New York.