I think at this point Paul Auster is the author who has more reviews in this blog. I must admit that after Trips scriptorium, I was somewhat disappointed (the first time something like this happening to me with Auster), and for a while I have not thought about returning to read. But several people, including some of the regular visitors of this blog, I had heard of Leviathan as one of the best novels of New York. And after reading it, I can only prove them right. Because again I found by Paul Auster maze and magician who captures the reader in a story where reality and fiction are mixed to a point indistinguishable. Leviathan is undoubtedly a great novel. The start is at the same time, the end of the story. The important thing here is the central plot, characters and their relationships, and how these characters evolve over time. The book tells the life of the writer Benjamin Sachs, seen through the pen of another writer and close friend of Sachs, Peter Aaron, a sort of alter ego of the Auster. Peter is remarried to a woman named Iris, while the second Auster's wife Siri is called (it's also writer like him). These are just some examples of those games that Auster likes to entertain his readers, to constantly play with real and fictional elements in the novel.
The characters, like all Auster's novels, are perhaps the best ever. Are complex, change according to circumstances, live suffer and feel at every turn, questioning his life, and making decisions that sometimes make a 180 degrees in their life paths. Apart from Aaron and Sachs, is a fascinating character of Mary Turner, inspired by the conceptual artist Sophie Call, which is also reflected in other Auster novels. Mary is an attractive woman, dedicated photography y muy inteligente, que tendrá una influencia decisiva en las vidas de los dos protagonistas. El elenco de personajes es muy amplio, y todos están retratados con una extraordinaria viveza, hasta parecer personas reales; esta capacidad es una de las mejores bazas de Auster y uno de los atractivos principales de la novela.
Junto a la riqueza de caracteres, el autor nos habla de la importancia de la amistad, de los giros imprevistos del destino, de las casualidades o pequeños acontecimientos que generan una sucesión de hechos imprevisibles, es decir, del hecho de que nuestras vidas están tejidas de sucesos más o menos nimios que van marcando de forma inevitable nuestra trayectoria vital. Vamos tomando decisiones y descartando caminos, but almost always the luck or misfortune, which leads us to a crossroads or different. Faced with this reality, our values, our beliefs, what they believe, are our best hope of salvation. Auster's characters have a strong personality, and this is reflected in their decisions. They are survivors, and try to seek, within its capabilities, the road to self-realization, ie the path to happiness. However, many times the fatal intervention of fate can truncate this path and throw in unpredictable paths. Like life itself. I enjoyed reading
Leviathan. Is one of those books that catch and hard to drop. Is Paul Auster pure, and without doubt one of the most important books of his career. Essential for austerianos convinced, and a good way to get started for those still not known. Another great reading this summer.
More reviews of works by Paul Auster:
- Travels in the scriptorium
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Timbuktu - The New York Trilogy
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Brooklyn Follies
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