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Encyclopedia > In The Country of Last Things

In the Country of Last Things is a novel written by Paul Auster, and first published in 1987. It tells the story of Anna Blume searching for her brother in a country where things and people vanish from one instant to another.


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In the Country of Last Things is a novel written by Paul Auster and first published in 1987.
Anna Blume has entered the city to search for her brother William, a journalist, and it is suggested that the Blumes come from a world to the east which has not collapsed.
The 'last things' in the title of the book refers not only to the disappearance of manufactured objects and technology but also the fading of memories of them and the words used to describe them.
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