Moon Palace

Moon Palace is a novel written by Paul Auster. It was first published in 1989.

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Paul Auster - 1989

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The plot is set in Manhattan and the U.S. Midwest, and is centered around the life of the narrator Marco Stanley Fogg and two previous generations of his family.

Related Topics:
Manhattan - Midwest - Marco Stanley Fogg

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Fogg is an orphan, with his Uncle Victor as his only caretaker. The story begins when Fogg goes to college, living in his own apartment furnished with over a thousand books which Uncle Victor gave to him. Uncle Victor, however, dies before Fogg quits college and leaves him without friends or family. Fogg turns introvert and spends his time reading, concluding "Why should I get a job? I have enough to do living through the days." However, he does find a job: taking care of Thomas Effing, who, he learns much later, is his grandfather. He also meets Kitty Wu and begins a furious romance.

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Fogg learns about the complicated history of his parents, and Effings's previous identity as the painter Julian Barber. When Effing dies, leaving money to Fogg, Fogg breaks from Kitty Wu and travels across the U.S. to search for himself. On a lonely California beach, the book ends. "This is where I start, I said to myself, this is where my life begins."

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