In the Country of Last Things

'That is how it works in the City. Like the City itself, however, it is a journey that is doomed, and so all that is left is Anna's unwritten account of what happened. Paul Auster takes us to an unspecified and devastated world in which the self disappears amidst the horrors that surround us.

,,Asa functioneaza in oras. La fel ca si Orasul insusi, totusi, este o calatorie care este condamnata si, asadar, tot ce a mai ramas este relatarea nescrisa a Annei despre ceea ce s-a intamplat.