The Invention of Solitude

The Invention of Solitude

by Paul Auster
The Invention of Solitude

The Invention of Solitude

by Paul Auster

Paperback(25th Anniv. Edition)

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Overview

From Paul Auster, author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1:  A Novel – his very first book, a moving and personal meditation on fatherhood

This debut work by New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy), a memoir, established Auster’s reputation as a major new voice in American writing. His moving and personal meditation on fatherhood is split into two stylistically separate sections. In the first, Auster reflects on the memories of his father who was a distant, undemonstrative, and cold man who died an untimely death. As he sifts through his Father’s things, Auster uncovers a sixty-year-old murder mystery that sheds light on his father’s elusive character. In the second section, the perspective shifts and Auster begins to reflect on his own identity as a father by adopting the voice of a narrator, “A.” Through a mosaic of images, coincidences, and associations “A,” contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather, turning the story into a self-conscious reflection on the process of writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780143112228
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/30/2007
Edition description: 25th Anniv. Edition
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 512,942
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Paul Auster is the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1Sunset ParkThe Book of IllusionsMoon Palace, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature.  His other honors include the Prix Médicis étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Burning Boy, and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work.  His most recent novel, 4 3 2 1, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.  He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Hometown:

Brooklyn, New York

Date of Birth:

February 3, 1947

Place of Birth:

Newark, New Jersey

Education:

B.A., M.A., Columbia University, 1970

Table of Contents

Portrait of an Invisible Man1
The Book of Memory71

What People are Saying About This

Charles Baxter

Both quiet and eloquent…Paul Auster's memoir combines the subjects of time, language, and family into a beautifully moving and intelligent mosaic.
—(Charles Baxter, author of First Light)

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