{"product_id":"the-invention-of-solitude-0143112228","title":"The Invention of Solitude","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0143112228\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Auster, Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautifully poetic work\" -- Joyce Carol OatesIn 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 ReviewOne day there is life. . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.The Invention of Solitude, split into two stylistically separate sections, established Paul Austers reputation as a major voice in American literature. The first section, Portrait of an Invisible Man, explores Austers memories and feelings after the death of his father, a distant, undemonstrative, almost cold man. As he attends to his fathers business affairs and sifts through his effects, Auster uncovers a sixty-year-old family murder mystery that sheds light on his fathers elusive character. In The Book of Memory, the perspective shifts from Austers identity as a son to his role as a father. Through a mosaic of images, coincidences, and associations, the narrator, A, contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather, and the solitary nature of storytelling and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534152827168,"sku":"NEW0143112228","price":13.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/616u6NXTxpL.jpg?v=1777357593","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-invention-of-solitude-0143112228","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}