Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 2, University of Constance, course: Hauptseminar - "History, Theory, Practise of Reading," language: English, abstract: Hunger, chance, disappearance and solitude are the central themes of Auster's fiction.1 Sometimes these themes are easy to detect but in their core more complex as they seem to be on first sight. With the New York Trilogy Paul Auster has created a powerful and deep going tripartite work which made him popular all over the world. In 1989, he received the Prix France Culture de Litterature...