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Groundwork

Autobiographical Writings, 1979–2012

Paul Auster

Picador

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ISBN10: 125024580X
ISBN13: 9781250245809

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Groundwork: Autobiographical Writings, 1979–2012 is an updated collection of nonfiction, including the seminal work The Invention of Solitude, from Man Booker Prize Finalist Paul Auster.

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"Auster has an enormous talent for creating worlds that are both fantastic and believable . . . His novels are uniformly difficult to put down, a testament to his storytelling gifts."—Timothy Peters, San Francisco Chronicle

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PORTRAIT OF AN INVISIBLE MAN

{1979}


The Invention of Solitude: I

In searching out the truth be ready for the unexpected, for it is difficult to find and puzzling when you find it.

HERACLITUS

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