Books in which a character is reading or writing a book, the title of which is the same as the title of the book the character is in

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1. Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
2. The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith

I'm sure there is an Auster book like this too, maybe more than one Auster book. Roth and Updike probably have books like this as well.

― Revivalist (Revivalist), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 07:20 (twenty years ago)

In case it's not clear what I mean: for example in The Tremor Of Forgery, the protagonist Howard Ingham is writing a novel called The Tremor Of Forgery.

― Revivalist (Revivalist), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 07:23 (twenty years ago)

'singin' in the rain'.

― tom west (thomp), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 08:39 (twenty years ago)

The Neverending Story, natch. (can't remember the author.)

Does Sophie's World count?

― Three In A Bed Socks Romp (kate), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 08:45 (twenty years ago)

The Auster book I was thinking of is Leviathan, which has a writer protagonist writing a book called Leviathan. I'm pretty certain there are other Auster novels where he uses this device though.

― Revivalist (Revivalist), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)

Italo Calvino - If on a winter's night a traveller
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

And an additional one that I'm not sure counts, as my memory of it is too hazy:
Cynthia Ozick - Heir to the Glimmering World (or, rather, the English release of it, which goes under the title "The Bear Boy". Though it may simply have been the character's name, rather than the title of any books.)

― Øystein (Øystein), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 10:51 (twenty years ago)

Mark Z. Danielewski - House of Leaves

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 11:58 (twenty years ago)

Italo Calvino - If on a winter's night a traveller

We even had this thread 'if on a winter's night a traveler': embracing postmodernism, or hoisting it on its own thingamajig?

― Ruud Comes to Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

I believe: The Torah. Sorta.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 12 October 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

De andere kant van de deur, which is a Dutch book for children by Tonke Dragt. And My little blue dress by Bruno Maddox, in which Bruno Maddox is supposedly writing the memoir of a 100-year old woman.

― Ionica (Ionica), Thursday, 12 October 2006 06:46 (twenty years ago)

song in which a character loses his love to a rival while said love is dancing with said rival to the very song in which all of the above is occurring: tennessee waltz.

(i know, that should go on ilm, sorry. it just seemed related, in a meta-way)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 12 October 2006 07:37 (twenty years ago)

and also, hitchiker's guide to the galaxy.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 12 October 2006 07:37 (twenty years ago)

oh that was already said, my bad.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 12 October 2006 07:39 (twenty years ago)

re Auster: the Book of Illusions, iirc it's also the name of the book the protagonist writes about the silent film star but I may be wrong

― spectra (spectra), Thursday, 12 October 2006 09:31 (twenty years ago)

Gould's Book of Fish
The History of Love

― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

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