The present paper studies Paul Auster's Sunset Park from the Deleuzian perspective. Gilles Deleuze in his books on cinema introduces his theory of metaphysics of imagination through which he analyses images of past as well as the crystal-images in the perceiver's [character's] memory. Accordingly, the paper looks for new ways to apply Deleuze's analysis of cinematic images on literature. Such analysis enables us to study the mentalities of Auster's characters' in terms of their relationship with their past memories, and their rejoining of the society after a self-inflicted exile. As such, Deleuze's treatment of the images of the past through the crystalline narrations and flashbacks will be used to analyse the past mindsets and memories of Auster's characters. The findings will ultimately show how these Deleuzian concepts can work as a new arena to critically evaluate literary works in terms of the role of images of the past and virtualities in creating evolving fictional storyworlds, using Paul Auster's Sunset Park as the tool for analysis.