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"One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death". So begins THE INVENTION OF SOLITUDE, Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. After the death of his own father, Auster discovers a 60-year-old family murder mystery that could account for the old... read more
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“"The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been lost forever, other things will perhaps be remembered again, and still other things have been lost and found and lost again. There is no way to be sure of any this."”
Paul Auster
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One day there is life.
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1. Portrait of an Invisible Man
2. The Book of Memory
3. References
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- Paul Auster (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Sun
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0915342375
Page Count: 173
Publisher: Sun
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0915342375
Page Count: 173
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- Dewey: 813.54
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