A six page paper comparing these two writers of detective fiction in terms of the way they reflect their respective societies, and how this affects the moral statements made by their fiction in general.
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While there are apparently some very obvious references to Quixote in Auster's work, these are not the connections that are generally discussed. The two main characters are quite similar in many ways as they struggle to be free of their inherent constraints. No additional sources cited. A four page paper looking at the mutable nature of truth according to these three authors. Specific works covered are Dostoevsky s Notes from the Underground, Nietzsche s The Anti-Christ, and Camus The Fall.