Bestselling novelist Paul Auster, author of 'The New York Trilogy,' dies at 77
A leading figure in his generation of postmodern American writers, Auster wrote more than 20 novels, including City of Glass, Sunset Park, 4 3 2 1 and The Brooklyn Follies.
Best-selling author Paul Auster, whose novels addressed existential questions of identity, language, and literature and created mysteries that raised more questions than they answered, has died. He was 77.
His death was confirmed by friend Jacki Lyden on behalf of Auster's family.
A leading figure in his generation of postmodern American writers, Auster wrote more than 20 novels, including which included his 1985 breakthrough book, and his ambitious 2017 novel which ran close to 1,000 pages.
