{"product_id":"the-invention-of-solitude","title":"The Invention of Solitude","description":"'A beautifully poetic work' -- Joyce Carol Oates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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” (Newsday)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Moving, delicately perceived portraits of lives and relationships.”—The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One day there is life. . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Invention of Solitude, split 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.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":55193221595474,"sku":"9780143112228","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/bild_f80b2194-b858-4da7-9156-f90efb4ebbe4.jpg?v=1792768337","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-invention-of-solitude","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}