The intervention of solitude
By: Paul Auster ; introduction by Pascal Bruckner.
Publisher: Penguin Books; Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780143112228
Subjects: Auster, Paul, -- 1947-; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; Fathers and sons -- United States.
Genres: Biography.
Description: The first section, "Portrait of an Invisible Man," reveals Auster's memories and feelings after the death of his father, a distant, undemonstrative, almost cold man. As he attends to his father's business affairs and sifts through his effects, Auster uncovers a sixty-year-old family murder mystery that sheds light on his father's elusive character. In "The Book of Memory," the perspective shifts from Auster's identity as son to his role as father. Through a mosaic of images, coincidences, and associations, the narrator, "A," contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather, and the solitary nature of storytelling and writing. -Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Portrait of an invisible man; title: The book of memory.