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Ogni volta che arrivi a un bivio il tuo corpo cede, perché il tuo corpo ha sempre saputo quello che la tua mente non sa, e benché adesso scelga di cedere, sia per mononucleosi o per gastrite o per attacchi di panico, il tuo corpo ha sempre sostenuto in gran parte il peso delle tue paure e delle tue battaglie interiori, incassando i colpi a cui la tua mente non vuole o non può reggere.
Diario d'inverno - Paul Auster (via myborderland)
"The Invention of Loneliness" made Auster famous in 1982. The book was prompted by the death of his father in 1979, a property speculator from whom the son had once distanced himself with poems and black existentialist coats. Auster reflects on the distant relationship with his father and traces the family history, then deals with the more autobiographical first part of the book in a more essayistic manner in the second part.
Paul Auster became internationally successful with his "New York Trilogy", which appeared in the individual volumes "City of Glass" (1985), "Drop Shadow" (1986) and "Behind Closed Doors" (1987), but was later often summarised. 17 publishers rejected the books, only a dwarf company in faraway Los Angeles took pity on Auster and brought the three loosely interwoven, darkly enigmatic crime stories onto the market - and thus helped Auster to world fame.
"Leviathan" (1992) is about a writer investigating the death of a friend: The latter blew himself up while building a bomb. The book also features a character called Iris Vegan, a cameo appearance by the protagonist of Siri Hustvedt's first novel "The Blindfold" - Auster had been married to Hustvedt since 1982. Auster received the French literary prize Médicis for the book in 1993, which shows the esteem in which he was held in Europe, more so than in his home country. "In this country, he's just a bestselling author," wrote New York Magazine in 2007, "in Paris, Auster is a rock star."
US author Paul Auster is dead, according to a media report. The author of the "New York Trilogy" died at the age of 77 as a result of lung cancer. The "New York Times" and the British "Guardian" reported this, citing Auster's confidante Jacki Lyden. According to the report, the writer died in the New York borough of Brooklyn.
That takes care of it, I think. The books, the chess set, the autographs, the miscellaneous, the suit. Now that my kingdom has been disposed of, I feel content. There's no need for you to look at me like that. I know what I'm doing, and I'm glad to have done it. [...] For the time being, we move off in opposite directions. But sooner or later we'll meet again, I'm sure of it. Everything works out in the end, you see, everything connects. The nine circles. The nine planets. The nine innings. Our nine lives. Just think of it. The correspondences are infinite. But enough of this blather for one night. The hour grows late, and sleep is calling us both. Come, give me your hand. Yes, that's right, a good firm grip. Like so. And now shake. That's right, a shake of farewell. A shake to last us to the end of time.
Paul Auster - Moon Palace
If only beauty in words was still a thing...
We'll be setting a westerly course, plunging into the wilderness.
strong black coffee + a good book 📚
“Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.”
— Paul Auster
"Bir defa aldatan kişiyi affedersen, seni yine kullanır. Çünkü ihanet bir ruh hali değil, karakterin dökülüş biçimidir."
PAUL AUSTER