The City of Glass

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gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation 2004
film
theater
graphic novel
radio play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Paul_Auster
gptkbp:awards none
gptkbp:character gptkb:Peter_Stillman
Detective
Virginia_Stillman
gptkbp:criticalReception acclaimed
gptkbp:culturalImpact significant
influential
gptkbp:followedBy Ghosts
The Locked Room
gptkbp:genre postmodern literature
mystery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The City of Glass
gptkbp:influence gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkb:Don_DeLillo
gptkbp:influenced literature
film noir
gptkbp:influencedBy existentialism
detective fiction
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Poe
gptkb:Kafka
gptkb:Borges
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-14-009735-5
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter Quinn
gptkbp:motif communication
disappearance
urban alienation
search for truth
gptkbp:narrativeStyle first-person
gptkbp:pageCount 192
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:The_New_York_Trilogy
gptkbp:publishedIn 1985
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Viking_Press
gptkbp:setting gptkb:New_York_City
1980s
gptkbp:style metafiction
gptkbp:symbolism city
glass
writing
gptkbp:theme identity
isolation
urban life
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Spanish
French
German
Italian
Japanese