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The Invention of Solitude
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Paul Auster's very personal meditation on fatherhood.
The Invention of Solitude is Paul Auster's very personal meditation on fatherhood.
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“One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death.” So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood.
The first section, Portrait of an Invisible Man, reveals Auster's memories and feelings after the death of his father.
In The Book of Memory, the perspective shifts to Auster's role as a father. The narrator, 'A', contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather and the solitary nature of writing and storytelling.
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The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster is often hailed for its introspective and poignant exploration of solitude, memory, and fatherhood. Reviews highlight the book's lyrical prose and its meditative quality, with many readers appreciating Auster's ability to weave together personal memoirs with philosophical reflections. It is praised for its emotional depth and the way it intimately portrays the complexities of familial relationships.
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ISBN: 9780571288328
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 September 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 160g
Pages: 208
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About the Author
Paul Auster is the best-selling author of Invisible, Man in the Dark, The Brooklyn Follies, The Book of Illusions, The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Among his other honours are the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke and the Prix Medicis Etranger for Leviathan. He has also been short-listed for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions) and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (The Music of Chance). His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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