Paul Auster has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Paul Auster has died

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Post by rgrieselhuber » Sat, May 04, 2024, 10:39 PM UTC

pvg wrote: post #50

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You conveniently ignore my directly adjacent post where I make it clear that I found this "controversy" while attempting to learn more about the author. The other commenters made him sound interesting, so I wanted to see what his life was like and it turns out that he supported a pedophile. Seems relevant to me as I would want to know that about an author if I'm going to start reading their books. Apparently these fa…

You conveniently ignore I could say you conveniently ignore the fact your comment was downvoted and flagkilled by other users. And like the other commenter, I'm trying to tell you why that happens - it's not, as you seem to think, because those users are keen on supporting an abuser.

Obviously I didn't ignore the fact that it was downvoted because I specifically mentioned it. I just don't derive my opinions from group consensus or magic internet points. I stand by what I wrote, for the reasons I explained.

I understand the argument you are attempting to make, I just don't buy it.

Re: Paul Auster has died

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Post by earlyriser » Sun, May 05, 2024, 1:07 AM UTC

ianmcgowan wrote: post #14

earlyriser wrote: post #9

I'm guessing Paul Auster fans will comment here. 20 years ago I read a book that I cannot remember the name and I vaguely remember it was from Auster, but I'm not sure and I have been looking for ages. It was a compilation of short stories with the Noah's Ark somehow in each of them, but the stories were very different besides that part. Does this ring a bell?

Sounds a little like Julian Barnes "A History of the World in 10 and 1/2 chapters", there are several recurring themes (woodworm, boats) but the Ark recurs in several of the stories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_World_in_10%C...

Oh, great, thanks for this.

Re: Paul Auster has died

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Post by earlyriser » Sun, May 05, 2024, 1:08 AM UTC

be_kind wrote: post #13

earlyriser wrote: post #9

I'm guessing Paul Auster fans will comment here. 20 years ago I read a book that I cannot remember the name and I vaguely remember it was from Auster, but I'm not sure and I have been looking for ages. It was a compilation of short stories with the Noah's Ark somehow in each of them, but the stories were very different besides that part. Does this ring a bell?

Possibly History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes? One of my favourites. Noah's Ark isn't in all of the short stories/essays, but does recur.

Yes, this is the one, thanks! One of your favourites from Barnes or in general? I really enjoyed, so I want to know which are your other favourites.