Oracle Night

3.8 avg 18259 votes

About this book

A novelist recovers from an accident. He begins to write again, after buying a blue portugese notebook. The words flow, but at some point, strange things begin to happen: his beloved wife behaves strangely, fiction and reality get mixed up, and what about this strange stationary shop where he bought the notebook? It disappears over night.

3.8 ★★★★☆ average of 4 sources · 18259 votes
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Reader Profile

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3.8/5 · 18259 readers · 251 pages · ≈ 4 h 39 m · Challenging

How long does it take to read Oracle Night?

About ≈ 4 h 39 m — 251 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mOracle Night~4 h 39 m

How many pages is Oracle Night?

251 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Oracle Night251

What genre is Oracle Night?

It sits on the Philosophy, Psychology, Fiction shelves.

Is Oracle Night in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who are the main characters in Oracle Night?

The main characters include Sidney Orr.

Where does Oracle Night take place?

It is set in Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn, New York (State).

Who wrote Oracle Night?

Paul Auster.

Setting Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)BrooklynNew York (State) Characters Sidney Orr
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