The Invention of Solitude

Paul Auster

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Contemporary Literature and Criticism Autobiographical and Biographical Writing Memory, History, Trauma, Identity

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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. 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. narrator, 'A', contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather and the solitary nature of writing and story-telling.

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