Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure

“Required, inspiring reading for Auster-holics and aspiring writers.” —Kirkus Reviews

Man Booker Prize finalist Paul Auster's Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure is a fascinating and often funny memoir about his early years as a writer struggling to be published, and to make enough money to survive.

This is the story of a young man's struggle to stay afloat. By turns poignant and comic, Paul Auster's memoir is essentially an autobiographical essay about money--and what it means not t...