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Astonishing, a masterpiece, Paul Auster s greatest, most satisfying, most vivid and heartbreaking novel a sweeping and surprising story of inheritance, family, love and life itself.Nearly two weeks early, on March 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the one and only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born From that single beginning, Ferguson s life will take four simultaneous and independent fictional paths Four identical Fergusons made of the same DNA, four boys who are the same boy, go on to lead four parallel and entirely different lives Family fortunes diverge Athletic skills and sex lives and friendships and intellectual passions contrast Each Ferguson falls under the spell of the magnificent Amy Schneiderman, yet each Amy and each Ferguson have a relationship like no other Meanwhile, readers will take in each Ferguson s pleasures and ache from each Ferguson s pains, as the mortal plot of each Ferguson s life rushes on.As inventive and dexterously constructed as anything Paul Auster has ever written, yet with a passion for realism and a great tenderness and fierce attachment to history and to life itself that readers have never seen from Auster before 4 3 2 1 is a marvelous and unforgettably affecting tour de force. Download 4 3 2 1 – kino-fada.fr 3 stars.I think that I m in the minority here I didn t love this novel as most everyone else seemed to I like the idea of this but I think that the concept v the execution fell short I found this to be the most exhausting book I have ever read and was completely spent after I was done reading it I had to force myself to finish the last few hundred pages just so that I could find out what happened For me, the concept of this book is absolutely brilliant 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster is an auspici 3 stars.I think that I m in the minority here I didn t love this novel as most everyone else seemed to I like the idea of this but I think that the concept v the execution fell short I found this to be the most exhausting book I have ever read and was completely spent after I was done reading it I had to force myself to finish the last few hundred pages just so that I could find out what happened For me, the concept of this book is absolutely brilliant 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster is an auspicious undertaking However the actual execution of the book itself was not as remarkable I felt that a lot was lost in the actual writing of it.4 3 2 1 is the story of Archie Ferguson However, it is not the story of just one Archie Ferguson Imagine a boy named Archie living four parallel lives, this is tha...This is a wonderful and intelligent in depth look at the 4 different lives of the jewish Ferguson born in March 1947 to Stanley and Rose Set in New York and New Jersey, it is a novel full of details, it begins with giving us the disparate backgrounds and families of store owner Stanley and photographer Rose It charts the relationship between Stanley and Rose and their heartbreaking attempts to have a child Once Ferguson is born, we are given a non linear but simultaneous life trajectory struc This is a wonderful and intelligent in depth look at the 4 different lives of the jewish Ferguson born in March 1947 to Stanley and Rose Set in New York and New Jersey, it is a novel full of details, it begins with giving us the disparate backgrounds and families of store owner Stanley ...1 2 3 4Archibald Isaac Ferguson. 900 pages about this guy..Archi nope, 900 pages about THIS guy..Ferguson no, THIS guy..Archi Ferguson. I lied this story is about THIS guy 4 3 2 1.BLAST OFF This novel comes with surgeon general warnings Its risky business being under the influence of 4 3 2 1 It s possible to get an unbearableheadache, have insomnia, muscles might ache, and a reader might begin to feel fatigue AFTER the first 22 h 1 2 3 4Archibald Isaac Ferguson. 900 pages about this guy..Archi nope, 900 pages about THIS guy..Ferguson no, THIS guy..Archi Ferguson. I lied this story is about THIS guy 4 3 2 1.BLAST OFF This novel comes with surgeon general warnings Its risky business being under the influence of 4 3 2 1 It s possible to get an unbearableheadache, have insomnia, muscles might ache, and a reader might begin to feel fatigue AFTER the first 22 hours of listening to Paul Auster as steamy awesome as Paul Auster isOur brain begins to comedown from the euphoric excitement as the readers drug stimulant begins to wan...I was excited about this to begin with but it soon began to feel like a vehicle without an engine that Auster was pushing ever uphill.If we live only a small part of our inner life externally, what happens to the rest Unfortunately Auster doesn t address this intriguing question in any kind of stimulating way though you d think a novel about a character living four parallel lives would.How much of fate comes from within and how much comes from without Unfortunately Auster doesn t address this I was excited about this to begin with but it soon began to feel like a vehicle without an engine that Auster was pushing ever uphill.If we live only a small part of our inner life externally, what happens to the rest Unfortunately Auster doesn t address this intriguing question in any kind of stimulating way though you d think a novel about a character living four parallel lives would.How much of fate comes from within and how much comes from without Unfortunately Auster doesn t address this intriguing question in any kind of stimulating way either though you d think a novel about a character living four parallel lives would.I ve got a lot of time for Paul Auster but I m afraid I found this a self indulgent and ultimately pointless novel I wasn t a great fan of Life after Life but Atkinson s novel on a similar theme is muchfluid and interesting structurally than this It s also immeasurablyoutlandishly playful Atkinson s heroine becomes a downtrodden ...Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend An expansive study of a young man s life diverging on four separate paths that captivates with intimate writing and playfully explores the existential quandary of destiny versus the unexpected.I ve read quite a bit of Auster s work over the years, mainly his novels but also some of his non fiction output too I ve imbibed quite a bit of biographical detail in this time from books such as Hand to Mouth A Chronicle of Early Failure and The Red Notebook True Stories and consequently I can see that a good deal of the content herein is based on the author s own passions and experiences A quick list would throw up his love of novels, poetry, films and baseball, his college education at I ve read quite a bit of Auster s work over the years, m...Glazed OverI had a personal interest in this book I was born just three weeks before it s protagonist, Archie Ferguson, and nine days after his author, Paul Auster I grew up in a similar suburb of New York City, and in similar economic and educational circumstances So, to the extent that Ferguson was shaped by the cultural context of the day, perhaps I could detect unrecognised influences in my own life Or, evenexciting, given that 4 3 2 1 is about alternative universes, I could explor Glazed OverI had a personal interest in this book I was born just three weeks before it s protagonist, Archie Ferguson, and nine days after his author, Paul Auster I grew up in a similar suburb of New York City, and in similar economic and educational circumstances So, to the extent that Ferguson was shaped by the cultural context of the day, perhaps I could detect unrecognised influences in my own life Or...What a wonderful and thought provoking book It is proving nearly impossible for me to write a coherent review of a book this large both in page count and in scope , so I am going to concentrate on a few things that I kept thinking about since finishing it.This is Archie Fergusen s story, told in four alternating timelines Auster uses this premise for a thoughtful meditation on what makes us us and how little changes lead to different paths I adored the way Auster lets this play out and shows What a wonderful and thought provoking book It is proving nearly impossible for me to write a coherent review of a book this large both in page count and in scope , so I am going to concentrate on a few things that I kept thinking about since finishing it.This is Archie Fergusen s story, told in four alternating timelines Auster uses this premise for a thoughtful meditation on what makes us us and how little changes lead to different paths I adored the way Auster lets this play out and shows how different versions of people are possible, if key events turn out differently While I think Fergusen is the weak point when it comes to characters he can be a bit insufferable at times , I absolutely loved his wonderful mother No matter what time line, no matter what happens, she is unwavering in her love and devotion to her son Some of the other supporting characters are brilliant as well his father while difficult is a great and fully fleshed out character, Amy Sc...4321 narrates four versions of one young man s life, how it might have differed given small altered circumstances This wore me down Instead of becomingengaged I was exasperated by it at about pg 700 I kept thinking I could have read three novels in the time it took me to wade through this Essentially it struck me as four different drafts of the same half finished novel I kept waiting for the Eureka moment when the four narratives would suddenly shed light on each other and blaze into 4321 narrates four versions of one young man s life, how it might have differed given small altered circumstances This wore me down Instead of becomingengaged I was exasperated by it at about pg 700 I kept thinking I could have read three novels in the time it took me to wade through this Essentially it struck me as four different drafts of th...First of all, thank you to GoodReads friend, Andrew, for the terrific review that he wrote of this book and for his encouragement to give it a try Also, thank you to all the GoodReads friends who pressed the like button, and or added reinforcement comments as I updated my reading status day by day All the support helped so much to bolster my journey with this 880 page book And, of course, thank you to Paul Auster for writing with the bravery and the talent to create something completely dif First of all, thank you to GoodReads friend, Andrew, for the terrific review that he wrote of this book and for his encouragement to give it a try Also, thank you to all the GoodReads ...

4 3 2 1
  • English
  • 01 February 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 866 pages
  • 1627794468
  • Paul Auster
  • 4 3 2 1