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The Invention of Solitude

By Pascal , Auster , Paul;Bruckner

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
ISBN
0143112228, 9780143112228
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
197 kB (202083 bytes)
Pages
xiv, 176 pages ; 20 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1947-;AuthorsAmerican -- 20th century -- Biography;Fathers andAmerican--20th century;Fathers and sons--United StAmerican;Fathers and sons;Biographies;AusterAuthorsPaul

Description

Portrait of an invisible man -- The book of memory.;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. Portrait of an invisible man -- The book of memory.

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