{"product_id":"invention-of-solitude","title":"Invention of Solitude","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully poetic work\" -- Joyce Carol Oates \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Moving, delicately perceived portraits of lives and relationships.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One day there is life. . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Solitude, \u003c\/i\u003esplit into two stylistically separate sections, established Paul Auster's reputation as a major voice in American literature. The first section, \"Portrait of an Invisible Man,\" explores Auster's memories and feelings after the death of his father, a distant, undemonstrative, almost cold man. As he attends to his father's business affairs and sifts through his effects, Auster uncovers a sixty-year-old family murder mystery that sheds light on his father's elusive character. In \"The Book of Memory,\" the perspective shifts from Auster's 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.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51173492097335,"sku":"9780143112228","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_9d6b58a6-1c81-4d6c-adeb-fdfbd53542ac.jpg?v=1759751956","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/invention-of-solitude","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}