Auster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Auster
1325–75; Middle English < Latin
Example Sentences
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Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Auster taught classes there around the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Writers who died this year include the novelists Edna O'Brien and Paul Auster, and the short-story writer Alice Munro.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
Since his breakthrough novel ‘City of Glass,’ Paul Auster has been known for postmodern trickery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
Called the “dean of American post-modernists” and “the most meta of American meta-fictional writers,” Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments, existential quests and self-conscious references to writers and writing.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
Auster leaned forward, close enough so that Jason could smell rain-soaked fields and hot sandy beaches.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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