Remembering Paul Auster, the ground-breaking novelist who fused art and literature
Briefly

Maria's character in Leviathan, inspired by Sophie Calle, showcases Auster's fusion of art and literature: 'The work had nothing to do with creating objects commonly defined as art.'
Auster's nod to Calle in Leviathan reflects his observation of her practice and ability to blend fact and fiction, describing her as unclassifiable in traditional terms like photographer or writer.
Calle's project of contacting people from an address book, intertwined in Leviathan, sets off a chain of events leading to a tragic explosion, showcasing Auster's ominous foreshadowing in the narrative.
Auster ingeniously integrates Calle's 'nutty...idiosyncratic' work into Leviathan, connecting it to the fate of the central character, Ben Sachs, in a typical magisterial Austerian style.
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