“It was the wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of the night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not”
The story is, in this section, introduced by an unknown third person omnipotent narrator, who has experienced the entire story and reflects upon in past tense. Furthermore, by adding “he” at the end of the phrase, he excludes himself from being Daniel Quinn. However, the reader must read further along the page to discover this. Hereby Paul Auster, the author, creates a need for the reader to continue reading, which is typical in the detective genre. A few lines later the reader reveals that he is not Daniel Quinn, as he refers to him in third person;
“As for Quinn, there is little …show more content…
Daniel Quinn wanders around Manhattan, an event that is covered over six pages in the book and it generally very detailed, and therefore the reader expects Daniel Quinn to have an overall goal with his walk. However, upon graphing the pattern (Appendix 1) one will discover that Daniel Quinn is wandering the city in an arbitrary manner with no ultimate clues to follow. Hereby, Paul Auster take the detective genre, and manipulates it such that the expectations the reader has, as a result of traditional detective novels, will lead to a genuine confusion amongst readers, which is the essence of anti-detective literature, to deconstruct the readers idea of what can be assumed to happen subsequent to any given …show more content…
Postmodernism and metafiction is detectable all throughout the novel, especially in Daniel Quinn’s general mindset which endorses the transition from the modernism to postmodernism. Moreover, as the reader is fooled to believe that Daniel Quinn is the narrator until late in the novel, makes the reader even more aware of the metafictional elements of the work. Similarly, metafiction and postmodernism can be detected through the wide web of characters, all interlinked on way or another. Another evident example of postmodernism in the work is how Daniel Quinn is set apart from the modernistic views of Peter Stillmann Sr., seeking ultimate
The story is, in this section, introduced by an unknown third person omnipotent narrator, who has experienced the entire story and reflects upon in past tense. Furthermore, by adding “he” at the end of the phrase, he excludes himself from being Daniel Quinn. However, the reader must read further along the page to discover this. Hereby Paul Auster, the author, creates a need for the reader to continue reading, which is typical in the detective genre. A few lines later the reader reveals that he is not Daniel Quinn, as he refers to him in third person;
“As for Quinn, there is little …show more content…
Daniel Quinn wanders around Manhattan, an event that is covered over six pages in the book and it generally very detailed, and therefore the reader expects Daniel Quinn to have an overall goal with his walk. However, upon graphing the pattern (Appendix 1) one will discover that Daniel Quinn is wandering the city in an arbitrary manner with no ultimate clues to follow. Hereby, Paul Auster take the detective genre, and manipulates it such that the expectations the reader has, as a result of traditional detective novels, will lead to a genuine confusion amongst readers, which is the essence of anti-detective literature, to deconstruct the readers idea of what can be assumed to happen subsequent to any given …show more content…
Postmodernism and metafiction is detectable all throughout the novel, especially in Daniel Quinn’s general mindset which endorses the transition from the modernism to postmodernism. Moreover, as the reader is fooled to believe that Daniel Quinn is the narrator until late in the novel, makes the reader even more aware of the metafictional elements of the work. Similarly, metafiction and postmodernism can be detected through the wide web of characters, all interlinked on way or another. Another evident example of postmodernism in the work is how Daniel Quinn is set apart from the modernistic views of Peter Stillmann Sr., seeking ultimate