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  Hey guys, I am Viktoriia and this is my blog in which I am going to tell you about English from the other side. I am new DMU student on the Media Program. 
  I am from Ukraine, but from the childhood I was interested in different languages such as Polish, Checz and English. The most important aim for me it is to be one of your friend that can help with English by sharing and discussing with you different English resources such as tasks, videos, books etc.

Paul Auster 
American writer
Author of the book "4 3 2 1"

  The photograph above depicts Paul Oster, an American writer working in the direction of postmodernism, absurdism, and existentialism. He is known for his works such as "Timbuktu", "Moon Palace", "City of glass" and many others. Oster’s work was inspired by studies of identity and sentimental meaning, which often consider the function of coincidence and random events. In addition, the author conducted research in the field of relations between people, their colleauges and the environment, which can be traced in the "Book of Illusions" - 2002 and "Lunar Palace" - 1989. Oster’s protagonist constantly discovers and begins to realize that he is forced to work as part of something incomprehensible, something beyond what can be perceived by patterns. 

Despite the huge number of works by Paul Oster, in this article I would like to recommend to you, dear readers, the book "4 3 2 1", which is also depicted in the photo above. This book tells the story of four lives of one person which can be insanely different from each other. Not all of the stories of the protagonist Ferguson’s life have a good ending, but the book is interesting because it shows different events, different possible ways of continuation or end. 

"Time moved in two directions because every step into the future carried a memory of the past," one of the Fergusons muses, "... and while all people were bound together by the common space they shared, their journeys through time were all different, which meant that each person lived in a slightly different world from everyone else." 
"4 3 2 1" by Paul Auster

References: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Auster


  





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  1. Milan Multimedia Marvel15 January 2023 at 12:25

    Good that you have introduced yourself and have included a reference. Please state your progression route. What work did you find particularly interesting from this writer and why? As demonstrated in class, please remove any formatting from your blog by selecting the 't' tool with a cross using the 'edit' blog feature. Make sure your alignment is consistent.

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