http://ask.metafilter.com/226116/Blindfold-Before-Leviathan/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Blindfold Before Leviathan? Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:04:15 -0800 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:42:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/226116/Blindfold-Before-Leviathan Does Siri Hustvedt's <em>The Blindfold</em> take place before or after Paul Auster's <em>Leviathan</em>? <br /><br /> I've embarked on a project of reading all of Paul Auster's novels in chronological order over the next year. I'm midway through <em>The Music of Chance</em>. When I undertook this endeavor I learned that his wife's novel <em>The Blindfold</em> features a character who also appears in <em>Leviathan</em>. I'd like to read the books in the sequence of what happens in them (as opposed to the publication dates). Which story precedes the other? post:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.226116 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:04:15 -0800 pxe2000 PaulAuster SiriHustvedt TheBlindfold Leviathan http://ask.metafilter.com/226116/Blindfold-Before-Leviathan#3272315 I haven't read either novel but <a href="http://www.eclectica.org/v9n4/miller.html">this page</a> seems to suggest that <em>The Blindfold</em> comes first. If you want to read for yourself, it's in the paragraph that begins with "In Auster's book Leviathan, one of his characters is"... (I don't know if it's a big spoiler or anything). comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.226116-3272315 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:42:30 -0800 paperback version