{"product_id":"invention-of-solitude","title":"Invention of Solitude","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eInvention of Solitude\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePaul Auster\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143112228\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eAnnotated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully poetic work\" -- Joyce Carol Oates \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his debut memoir, renowned author Paul Auster shares heartfelt and personal meditations on fatherhood that \"integrates heart and intellect, sensation and speculation . . . as it relentlessly tries to make sense of the shocks of living\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Moving, delicately perceived portraits of lives and relationships.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"One day there is life. . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Solitude, \u003c\/i\u003esplit into two stylistically separate sections, established Paul Auster's reputation as a major voice in American literature. The first section, \"Portrait of an Invisible Man,\" explores 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 a son to his role as a 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Invention of Solitude | Paul Auster | Paperback | 9780143112228 | New | Memoir 1607149","offer_id":48162289778840,"sku":"1607149","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/616u6NXTxpL.jpg?v=1771865892","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/invention-of-solitude","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}