The Invention of Solitude

"A beautifully poetic work" -- Joyce Carol Oates In 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 ) “Moving, delicately perceived portraits of lives and relationships.”— The New York Times Book Review “One day there is life. . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.” The Invention of Soli