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The Invention of Solitude
The Invention of Solitude | Paul Auster
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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 Invention of Solitude. 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 story-telling. With all the keen literary intelligence familiar from The New York Trilogy or Sunset Park, Paul Auster crafts an intensely intimate work from a ground-breaking combination of introspection, meditation and biography.
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tournevis
tournevis
The Invention of Solitude | Paul Auster
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Aaaaaaarrrrgh! My father, who is reading my books, had the gall to pick up a pencil and start writing in one of my books!!! Because there was a typo! I had to loudly remind him that he would not normally write in books that don't belong to him and that my books are in fact not his! Funnily enough, it had not occured to him that might be the case. He says he forgot. #parents #familylife #lapetitevie

tricours I always write in my books 😁 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 Sweet ❤️ Cherish him, I miss my dad dearly 7y
tournevis @tricours It's fine if you write in your books. It's fine that he writes in his books. He should not write in mine! 7y
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tournevis @ForeverNerdy I will miss him immensely when he passes, but it does not mean he does not drive me up the wall. 7y
alisiakae 😂😂😂 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 I agree, my dad drove me bonkers too. ❤️ 7y
tournevis @4thhouseontheleft I know right? 7y
Captivatedbybooks I love that he wanted to fix a typing error! 7y
tournevis @Captivatedbybooks He does it every time! In all his books! 7y
BookMaven407 😂 7y
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tournevis
tournevis
The Invention of Solitude | Paul Auster
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My mother is getting completely trounced at chess by my almost 8yo. Granted, she's always been really bad at it and my son as a gift, but damn! My father, in the meantime, is reading Paul Auster and interupting my reading at every page. #FamilyLife #LaPetiteVie

[DELETED] 3803335244 ❤️❤️ 7y
Louise Looks like Spock is up to something in the background too! 7y
tournevis @Louise Yes! Journey to Babel, to be exact! 7y
Louise 😂👍 7y
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Libby1
Libby1
The Invention of Solitude | Paul Auster
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This should have been a Pick. This should have been a Pick.

The first half was so good; beautiful, heart rending prose.

The second half was such a convoluted mishmash that I frequently sighed loudly while reading it. Moving from Anne Frank to Pinocchio to Pascal to the Killing Fields of Cambodia, my mind is reeling in confusion.

What books have you read that have saddened you because they are both fully home and yet totally lost?

Laalaleighh Mr. Penumbras 24 Hour Book Store. The Regional Office is Under Attack. 7y
Laalaleighh Just One Damned Thing After Another. A Curious Beginning. 7y
Libby1 @Laalaleighh - I felt the same way about Mr. P. And I recently got my hands on a copy of Just One Damned Thing. Oh dear. 7y
Laalaleighh @libby1 I though Mr p was gonna be an all time fave and then it just sort of went out with a whimper. 7y
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