Paul Auster, the esteemed American author renowned for his postmodernist literature, has passed away at 77. Auster, who left an enduring legacy in the realm of contemporary writing, breathed his last on December 2, 2020, in Brooklyn, New York. Born on February 3, 1947, in Newark, New Jersey, Auster's literary journey began in the late 1960s. His most acclaimed work, "The New York Trilogy," comprising "City of Glass," "Ghosts," and "The Locked Room," solidified his position as a literary…