The Invention of Solitude (1982) is both a memoir about the death of his father and a meditation on the act of writing. Other books that feature protagonists who are obsessed with chronicling someone else’s life are the novels Moon Palace (1989) and Leviathan (1992). It comprises City of Glass (1985), about a crime novelist who becomes entangled in a mystery that causes him to assume various identities Ghosts (1986), about a private eye known as Blue who is investigating a man named Black for a client named White and The Locked Room (1986), the story of an author who, while researching the life of a missing writer for a biography, gradually assumes the identity of that writer. He gained renown for a series of experimental detective stories published collectively as The New York Trilogy (1987). Paul Auster, in full Paul Benjamin Auster, (born February 3, 1947, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.), American novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and poet whose complex novels, several of which are mysteries, are often concerned with the search for identity and personal meaning.Īfter graduating from Columbia University (M.A., 1970), Auster moved to France, where he began translating the works of French writers and publishing his own work in American journals. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.
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