也许中国读者对“保罗.奥斯特”这个名字还不是很熟悉,因为这位有着“穿胶鞋的卡夫卡”之称的作家的作品在2007年之前从未在国内出过中文版。但在美国,乃至欧洲,奥斯特早已被看成是大师级的畅销书作家,他的作品被翻译成29种文字。法国的新闻界称赞他是美国最伟大的作家之一;在 Perhaps Chinese readers are not familiar with the name Paul O. Oster because the writer whose work is called “Kafka with rubber boots” had never been in China before 2007. However, in the United States and Europe, Oster has long been regarded as a master-level bestseller and his work has been translated into 29 languages. The French press praised him as one of the greatest writers in the United States;