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About Paul Auster
American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker
Paul Auster was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. He is known for fiction and nonfiction that helped make him a distinctive voice in late 20th and early 21st century American letters. His work includes The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Music of Chance, True Tales of American Life, The Book of Illusions, The Brooklyn Follies, Invisible, Sunset Park, Winter Journal, 4 3 2 1, and Bloodbath Nation. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
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- “Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing.”Paul Auster
- “When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't h…”Paul Auster
- “There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.”Paul Auster
Explore Silence
- “I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and…”Steven Holl
- “Silence was my sister's weapon. When people hurt or angered her, she never got loud like Mom or mean and smar…”Sam J. Miller
- “Buddhada was a man of few words. You can see the importance of silence in his cinema. There are long stretche…”Sameera Reddy
Explore Loneliness
- “But it seems that I can tackle the most esoteric of recipes, the most elusive puff pastry, as long as I do no…”Kim Sunée
- “It is as if people refused to leave their dead alone, forced them back into the light, made them keep their c…”Bernhard Schlink
- “it would hurt him to know she had felt that way for a while, that her relationship with him was like being co…”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Books by Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy
1999
The Book of Illusions
2002
The Brooklyn Follies
2005
I Thought My Father Was God
2001
Sunset Park
2011