Travels in the Scriptorium

Author: Paul Auster

An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.Determining that he is locked in, the man–identified only as Mr. Blank–begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story….Read More

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