Paul Auster, his trilogy, and psychogeography
In light of the recent departure of the American writer Paul Auster, I read his work "The New York Trilogy". Auster, P., "The New York Trilogy", Faber & Faber, Kindle Edition I realized that in his three novels ("City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "The Locked Room") there are psychogeographic elements. If psychogeography is a practice or approach to urban geography that explores how urban environments influence people's emotions and behaviour, Auster explores New York City not only as a physical place but also as a space filled with symbolic and psychological meanings. In the trilogy, Auster uses New York as a backdrop to explore themes of identity, alienation, loneliness, and randomness. Characters like Daniel Quinn (alias William Wilson alias Paul Auster, self-cited) often wander the city, exploring its neighbourhoods and interacting with its inhabitants in ways that reflect their own internal crises. "......More than anything...