Śmierć zwierzęcia w powieści Timbuktu Paula Austera
Death of an Animal in Timbuktu by Paul Auster

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the issue of human/non-human death, animal mourning, mimetic desire and death drive in the novel by Paul Auster, Timbuktu. Particularly noteworthy is the relationship between Willy G. Christmas (a man) and Mr. Bones (a dog), presented in the context of Donna Haraway’s concept of companion species. The fate of Mr. Bones after Willy’s death reveals different kinds of interspecies relationships: from taking care of a stray dog to its adoption and changing it into an oedipal animal. The suicidal death of the main non-human character can be perceived as a desire to meet Willy again in the underworld (Timbuktu), an expression of longing for a lost friend, and the act of repetition of Willy’s (human) death, but also as a conscious choice of the dog.

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