Auster, Paul 1947-

Moon palace by Paul Auster ( Book )
124 editions published between 1989 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 1,490 libraries worldwide
Marco Stanley Fogg, an orphan of the sixties, travels from Manhattan to Utah in search of himself.

The Random House book of twentieth-century French poetry : with translations by American and British poets ( Book )
5 editions published between 1982 and 1984 in English and held by 1,436 libraries worldwide

The New York trilogy by Paul Auster ( Book )
141 editions published between 1985 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 1,364 libraries worldwide
City of glass: A writer of a detective stories becomes embroiled in a complex and puzzling series of events, beginning with a call from a stranger in the middle of the night asking for the author.

In the country of last things by Paul Auster ( Book )
72 editions published between 1987 and 2009 in 16 languages and held by 1,332 libraries worldwide
Anna Blume relates her sojourn in a city obsessed with last things: with the means & manner of death. As she seeks to survive she finds friendship, love & recovered hope.

Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster ( Book )
92 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 21 languages and held by 1,199 libraries worldwide
In the 1920s, an orphan is rescued from the streets of St. Louis by a mysterious foreigner who teaches him to fly and walk on water. Now an octogenarian, he tells the story of his vaudeville act. By the author of Moon Palace.

The music of chance by Paul Auster ( Book )
75 editions published between 1990 and 2009 in 16 languages and held by 1,149 libraries worldwide
"Paul Auster fuses Samuel Beckett and The Brothers Grimm in this brilliant and unsettling parable. Following the death of his father, Jim Nashe takes to the open road. But there he picks up Pozzi, a hitchhiking gambler, and soon after is drawn into a dangerous game of high-stakes poker with two eccentric and reclusive millionaires . . ." -- Back cover.

City of glass by Paul Auster ( Book )
80 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 918 libraries worldwide
A late-night phone call from a stranger involves Quinn, a mystery writer, in a baffling murder case stranger than his novels.

Hand to mouth : a chronicle of early failure by Paul Auster ( Book )
40 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 827 libraries worldwide
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 to have it. From one odd job to the next, from one failed scheme to another, Auster investigates his own stubborn compulsion to make art, and describes his ingenious, often farfetched attempts to survive on next to nothing. From the streets of New York City and Paris to the rural roads of Upstate New York, the author treats us to a series of remarkable adventures and unforgettable encounters and, in several elaborate appendixes, to previously unknown work from these years. Here are three plays that contain the seeds of inspiration for some of Auster's future work, a tabletop baseball game (complete with cards and rules), and a pseudonymous detective novel - the author's first full-length novel. Each is an example of Auster's effort to make money; each is an illustration of the artist's mind at work. The result is a book of manifold delights and discoveries, an autobiography that resembles no other.

Smoke ( Visual )
47 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 661 libraries worldwide
Episodic story, divided into five chapters, each bearing the name of a character; main characters appear in most chapters. Most of the characters are connected by the fact that they hang out or work at the Brooklyn Cigar Store, where they tell stories and smoke a lot. Chapters explore the interpersonal relationships between this large and diverse group of characters.

The invention of solitude by Paul Auster ( Book )
86 editions published between 1980 and 9999 in 13 languages and held by 655 libraries worldwide
"So begins The Invention of Solitude, 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, 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.