“Order and adventure”: The political in Paul Auster's 4321

• Published in: Orbis litterarum Vol. 79; no. 6; pp. 485 - 499
• Main Author: Zhang, Meiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2024
• Subjects: 4321; community; Paul Auster; subjectivization; the political

Paul Auster's 4321 is on the surface organized around a multiplication of one's life story. This essay argues that the kind of textual multiplication developed in the novel can also be linked with an essential need to express the depth and breadth of the political. Looking at three forms o...