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The intervention of solitude
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The intervention of solitude

Author: Paul Auster
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2008
Edition/Format: Audiobook on CD : Biography : Biography : English
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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 identit Read more...

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Named Person: Paul Auster
Material Type: Biography, Audio book, etc.
Document Type: Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Auster
OCLC Number: 244109447
Notes: Originally published: New York : Penguin Books, 2007, c1982. 25th anniversary ed.
Description: Sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents: Paul Auster, or the heir intestate -- Portrait of an invisible man -- Book of memory.
Responsibility: Paul Auster ; introduction by Pascal Bruckner.

Abstract:

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.

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