I have considered myself a fan of Paul Auster since the time I read The New York Trilogy. I also read and enjoyed The Book of Illusions and The Brooklyn Follies, and I was really looking forward to reading Travels in the Scriptorium. A man locked in a room where there are labels for each object, that sounded so… Austerian! But I ended up really disappointed, as I felt I was reading some kind of caricature or parody of Auster by Auster. Even the old anagram trick (Trause for Auster) seemed worn-out. I read a few reviews on the net and most of them are positive, though there are some negative ones too. Anyone else read this book, if so, did you like it?
Travels in the Scriptorium
