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Groundwork : Autobiographical Writings, 1979-2012
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Groundwork : Autobiographical Writings, 1979-2012 Paperback - 2020

by Auster, Paul

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  • Title Groundwork : Autobiographical Writings, 1979-2012
  • Author Auster, Paul
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 656
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador
  • Date 2020-05-05
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 48896632-6
  • ISBN 9781250245809 / 125024580X
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, Auster, Paul
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020005153
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1 and The New York Trilogy, an updated collection of Paul Auster's nonfiction, including the seminal work The Invention of Solitude.

Paul Auster spent his fifty-year writing career examining what it means to be truly alive. And in Groundwork, a self-curated collection, Auster stitches together various autobiographical writings to lay bare the trajectory of both his personal life and sense of self.

From his breakout memoir, The Invention of Solitude, which solidified Auster's reputation as a canonical voice in American letters, to excerpts from his later memoirs, Winter Journal and Report from the Interior, readers are ushered into the inner workings of Auster's self-development. His sweeping recollection winds through the halls of Columbia University during the turbulent 1960s and into life as a young poet-turned-novelist, then dives headfirst into the realities that accompany aging today. Along the way, Auster continually challenges the notion of what autobiography can be, inverting the form through fragmentation and, ultimately, illustrating firsthand the brilliance behind "one of the great writers of our time" (San Francisco Chronicle).

About the author

Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Mdicis tranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.

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