{"product_id":"a-life-in-words-isbn-9781609807771","title":"A Life in Words","description":"Paul Auster’s \u003ci\u003eA Life in Words\u003c\/i\u003e—a wide-ranging dialogue between Auster and the Danish professor I. B. Siegumfeldt—is a remarkably candid and sharply focused investigation into one writer’s art, craft, and life. It includes many revelations that have never been shared before. This is a book that’s full of surprises, composed of spoken words that sometimes jump off the page like good drama.\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cbr\u003eThe conversations between Auster and Siegumfeldt went on for three years, starting in 2011 and continuing after there was a complete draft in revisions. All twenty-one of Auster’s narrative works are covered, as well as all the themes and obsessions that drive the work, and the man.\"I believe this is a very important book for people who want to know what it means to be a writer.\" \u003cb\u003e—Barry Gifford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The most distinguished American writer of [his] generation . . . indeed its only author . . . with any claim to greatness.” \u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the great writers of our time.”\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \"Nabokov once said 'I divide literature into two categories, the books I wish I had written, and the books I have written.' In the former category I would put books by Kurt Vonnegut, Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, and Paul Auster.\" \u003cb\u003e—Umberto Eco (in the \u003ci\u003eParis Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAUL AUSTER\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the very few giants of English-language literature who has successfully made the leap from the twentieth to the twenty-first century. A poet and translator before he achieved international prominence as a memoirist and novelist, Auster continues to challenge and dazzle his readers in America and around the world. His most recent novel is\u003ci\u003e 4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eI. B. SIEGUMFELDT\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English, Germanic, and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the driving force behind the university's forthcoming Paul Auster Center.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302007558373,"sku":"NP9781609807771","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781609807771.jpg?v=1767720599","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-life-in-words-isbn-9781609807771","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}