After struggling with e-mails to a few editors, our teacher Mrs Bowley got a reply from Jen Dougherty who is Assistant to Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt (Pau lAuster's wife). So we are now writing to Paul Auster on her behalf. "Dear Paul Auster, My students will start studying Moon Palace in January as part of their syllabus for their final exam. They are delighted to be able to communicate with you on this novel. They have prepared a few general questions on Moon Palace that I am sending to you: 1- How difficult/easy was it to write Moon Palace? 2- What inspired you to write this novel? Is it a little autobiographical? 3- Which passage/chapter is your favourite one? Why? 4- Which passage/chapter was the hardest to write? Why? " Here are his answers : "1- This is a long story. Back in 1969 (when I was 22), I started working on a novel about a character similar to Fogg, but I gave up after 150 pages or so, understanding that I didn’t know quite what I was doing. His ...
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