![]() Zimmer (the German word for room) is a good friend, hosts Marco in his apartment, bears all his expenses, and helps him to recover. Due to the fever he mistakes Kitty for an Indian and calls her Pocahontas. There, he is finally found by Zimmer and Kitty Wu, who have been looking for him for the whole time. After some days of delirium, he crawls out of the cave and has wild hallucinations while lying outside. In a strong rain shower, Marco becomes ill and retires to a cave in Central Park. But after a few weeks the weather changes. ![]() This part devoted to Central Park may be considered an echo to the main themes of Transcendentalism and the works of Thoreau and Whitman.Īt first, the weather is very good, so where to stay is not a big problem. Although life in Central Park is not very comfortable, he feels at ease because he's enjoying his solitude and he restores the balance between his inner and outer self. Marco even manages to stay in touch with what is going on in the world by reading newspapers left by visitors. Here he seeks shelter from the pressure of the Manhattan streets. The next day, Marco has to leave his flat, and finds himself on the streets of Manhattan.Ĭentral Park becomes Marco's new home. At that breakfast he meets Kitty Wu for the first time. Zimmer has moved to another apartment, so when Marco arrives at Zimmer's old apartment, he is invited by some strangers to join their breakfast. The day before he is thrown out, Marco decides to ask Zimmer, an old college friend with whom he has lost contact, for help. His electricity is cut off, he loses weight, and finally he is told that he must leave his apartment. He decides to let himself decay, to get out of touch with the world. After paying the funeral costs, Marco realizes that very little of the money that Uncle Victor gave him is left. Uncle Victor dies, which makes Marco lose track. After spending his freshman year in a college dormitory, he rents an apartment in New York. When he reaches college age, he goes to Columbia University in New York City. He moves to his Uncle Victor, who raises him until Marco goes to a boarding school in Chicago. His mother dies because of a car accident when he is eleven years old. Marco Stanley Fogg, aka M.S., is the son of Emily Fogg. this is where my life begins."įrom Uncle Victor to Columbia University Marco continues his journey alone, which ends on a lonely California beach: "This is where I start. He begins his journey with his father Solomon Barber, who dies shortly after an accident at Westlawn Cemetery, where Fogg's mother is buried. After an abortion Fogg breaks up with Kitty Wu and travels across the U.S. When Effing dies, leaving money to Fogg, Marco and Kitty Wu set up a house together in Chinatown. Eventually he finds a job taking care of Thomas Effing.įogg learns about the complicated history of his parents, and Effing’s previous identity as the painter Julian Barber. He meets Kitty Wu and begins a romance with her after he has been rescued from Central Park by Zimmer and Kitty Wu. He becomes an introvert, spends his time reading, and thinks, "Why should I get a job? I have enough to do living through the days." After selling the books one by one in order to survive Fogg loses his apartment and seeks shelter in Central Park. Marco inherits some money which he uses to pay for Uncle Victor's funeral. Uncle Victor dies before Fogg finishes college and leaves him without friends and family. Fogg starts college, and nine months later moves from the dormitory into his own apartment furnished with 1492 books given to him by Uncle Victor. Marco Fogg is an orphan and his Uncle Victor his only caretaker. Southwest, and centers on the life of the narrator Marco Stanley Fogg and the two previous generations of his family. The novel is set in Manhattan and the U.S. Moon Palace is a novel written by Paul Auster that was first published in 1989.
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