Steven Poole: City of Glass

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9 August 2007

City of Glass

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LinksAwakening

Is the title a reference to Paul Auster?
http://stevenpoole.net/ Steven

You got it: it’s the first novel of Auster’s New York Trilogy.

And also (for me, anyway) it’s a nod to Philip Glass — to whom the arpeggios at 2.18 to 2.49 are a sort of homage…
Alex

It is also related with roots of tango…
http://stevenpoole.net/ Steven

Nice observation. :)

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Steven Poole writes words for books and newspapers, and music for films. You can send him an email.

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