The Invention of Solitude
of Paul Auster
Description
In this debut work by New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy), The Invention of Solitude, a memoir, established Austerâs 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 Fatherâs things, Auster uncovers a sixty-year-old murder mystery that sheds light on his fatherâs 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, âA.â Through a mosaic of images, coincidences, and associations âA,â contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather, turning the story into a self-conscious reflection on the process of writing.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 192 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date January 30th 2007
- First Publication 10/30/82
- Language English
- ISBN 9780143112228
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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