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Jan 6, 2019 · The narrator is narrating a story of what Auggie once told him in the present, and the frame story is the one which Auggie tells Paul, the narrator, about Robert Goodwin. The layering of story upon story is a classic style in Paul Auster’s work.
The day is spent improvising a Christmas dinner and telling “a hundred pretty stories” and ends with Auggie taking home a camera found in the bathroom as Granny Ethel dozes. The framing narrative then ends with Paul’s reaction to Auggie’s theft and finally to his story.
- Linda Collinge-Germain
- 2013
The story is mainly told by a first-person narrator. The story switches narrators for a while when Auggie Wren tells his Christmas story. The language is casual and conversational, although at times the author also uses complex vocabulary.
PDF | On Nov 24, 2011, Gordon Slethaug published From Auster to Wang: Postmodern Indeterminacy, 'Auggie Wren's Christmas Story', and SMOKE | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
- Gordon Slethaug
What is the relationship between the narrator and Auggie? What is Auggie's life's work? What makes the narrator think that Auggie made the story up?
Dec 25, 2004 · Author Paul Auster reads "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story." The short story has no Santa Claus, no Christmas tree, and no brightly wrapped packages. And yet there's plenty of giving.
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The analysis of the short story “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” by Paul Auster follows a non-linear plot structure. The story begins in the present, but moves towards the past, alternating between flashbacks and the present time. The main characters in the story are Paul (the narrator) and Auggie Wren. Auggie is initially described from ...
