{"product_id":"moon-palace-isbn-9780140115857","title":"Moon Palace","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “beautiful and haunting” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) novel of an orphan’s search for love, for his unknown father, and for the key to the elusive riddle of his fate, from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Paul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Auster is a master storyteller . . . \u003ci\u003eMoon Palace \u003c\/i\u003eshimmers with mysteries.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarco Stanley Fogg is an orphan, a child of the sixties, a quester tirelessly seeking the key to his past, the answers to the ultimate riddle of his fate. As Marco journeys from the canyons of Manhattan to the deserts of Utah, he encounters a gallery of characters and a series of events as rich and surprising as any in modern fiction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning during the summer that men first walked on the moon, and from there moving backward and forward in time to span three generations, \u003ci\u003eMoon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e is propelled by coincidence and memory, illuminated by marvelous flights of lyricism and wit. Here is an entertaining and moving novel from an author well known for his breathtaking imagination.“Auster is a masterly storyteller . . . \u003ci\u003eMoon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e shimmers with mysteries.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Enormously compelling . . . Auster has a rare combination of talent, scope, and audacity.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Good hearted and hopeful, verbally exuberant.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Reads like a composite of works by Fielding, Dickens, and Twain . . . Auster has a lot of fun concocting Marco’s adventures, almost has much fun as one has in reading them.”\u003cb\u003e—Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Paul Auster:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“One of the great American prose stylists of our time.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the great writers of our time.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Contemporary American writing at its best.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eInvisible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A literary original who is perfecting a hybrid genre of his own.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e was the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other works. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. His other honors include the Prix Médicis étranger for \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for \u003ci\u003eBurning Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work. His novel \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. Paul Auster died in 2024.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301649502437,"sku":"NP9780140115857","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140115857.jpg?v=1767732948","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/moon-palace-isbn-9780140115857","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}