Autor Paul Auster

And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his real life began. 'Exquisite ... A super-abundantly gifted, big-hearted novelist.' Ian McEwan'A writer whose work shines with intelligence and originality.'…

Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Invisible opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and…

'In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . ..'Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, internationally best-selling novelist Paul Auster now remembers the…

'I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I travelled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain . ..'So begins Paul Auster's remarkable new novel, The Brooklyn Follies. Set against the backdrop…

Baumgartner's life has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna. But now Anna is gone, and Baumgartner is embarking on his seventies whilst trying to live with her absence.Rich with compassion, wit and Auster's keen eye for beauty in…

Austerův román je mistrovskou studií sebezničujících otázek, které každou uměleckou tvorbu doprovázejí, a zároveň napínavým příběhem o jednom lidském osudu v moderní americké mytologii s až thrillerovou zápletkou. Vermontský profesor David Zimmer přišel…

Román Paula Austera z roku 2006 je zvláštní, tajuplná próza. Hlavní hrdina pan Blank se probouzí v poloprázdné místnosti, neví, kdo je, ani to, proč je zde. Vše se odehrává v uzavřeném prostoru, do něhož sice z vnějšího světa postupem času vstupují různé…

Román u nás už dobře známého amerického spisovatele. Osudy několika sympaticky pošetilých postav, zavátých do Brooklynu z různých částí Spojených států i světa, se v něm vzájemně střetávají a prolínají v posledních letech 2. století.

BLOODBATH NATION is about the Epidemic that is tearing apart the fabric of American society. An Epidemic caused - not by Covid - but by Guns. Among its victims are men, women, teenagers, children, and even babies.The massacres have taken place in churches,…

Nathan and Tom are an uncle and nephew double-act - one in remission from lung cancer, divorced, and estranged from his only daughter, the other hiding away from his once-promising academic career. Matters change when Lucy, a little girl who refuses…

Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, "Invisible" opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and…

Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident. Plagued by insomnia, he tries to push back thoughts of things he would prefer to forget - his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus - by…

Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, this title opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent…

In the sprawling flatlands of Florida, 28-year-old Miles is photographing the last lingering traces of families who have abandoned their houses due to debt or foreclosure. Miles is haunted by guilt for having inadvertently caused the death of his step-brother,…

In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . . . Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster now remembers…

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born.

A fascinating discussion with one of America's greatest living writers about language, literature, and life.Paul Auster's A Life In Words a wide-ranging dialogue between Auster and the Danish professor I. B. Siegumfeldt is a remarkably candid and often…

Set against the backdrop of the contested US election of 2000, this book tells the story of Nathan and Tom, an uncle and nephew double-act. One in remission from lung cancer, divorced, and estranged from his only daughter, the other hiding away from…

American writer Stephen Crane died in 1900 at the age of 28. In his short, intense life, this burning boy wrote a masterpiece, The Red Badge of Courage, as well as other novels, short stories, and dispatches from the front of two wars. His adventurous…

** WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY **'Exhilarating.' Joyce Carol Oates, Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year'Sharp-eyed and revealing.' The New Yorker'Brilliant . .. Remarkable.' New York Journal of BooksStephen Crane produced…

Román amerického spisovatele Paula Austera, vydaný poprvé v roce 1987, patří žánrově mezi tzv. antiutopie. Formou dopisu, který píše mladá žena své kamarádce z dětství, uvádí čtenáře do bezútěšné budoucnosti života v rozkládajícím se městě, kde platí…

On March 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the one and only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson's life will take four simultaneous and…

On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson's life will take four simultaneous paths. Four Fergusons will go on to lead four parallel and entirely different…

Čo má robiť šesťdesiatročný bývalý poisťovací agent, ktorý sa vyliečil z rakoviny, opustila ho manželka i chuť do života? Nathan Glass to vyrieši svojsky. Odsťahuje sa do Brooklynu, na miesto svojho detstva, kde sa rozhodne pospisovať všetky možné hlúposti,…

'It was a wrong number that started it . . .' Chosen as one of the '100 Most Important Comics of the Century', Faber is proud to publish the graphic novel City of Glass for the first time in the UK. As Art Spiegelman explains in his new introduction,…

Život univerzitného profesora Davida Zimmera sa po havárii lietadla s jeho manželkou a dvoma synmi zosype. Preruší kontakty s okolitým svetom a jeho zúfalstvo vyústi do depresií a alkoholizmu. Zmenu v živote mu prinesie až nemý film s Hectorom Mannom,…

Filled with suspense, unlikely coincidences, wrenching tragedies and marvellous flights of lyricism and erudition, the novel carries the reader effortlessly along with Marco's search - for love, for his unknown father, and for the key to the elusive…

Austerův oslňující „pikareskní" román se odehrává vlastně v průběhu celého 20. století. Autor originálně a s nadhledem konfrontuje dospívání malého sirotka se „zráním“ americké společnosti, tj. s událostmi, které otřásly na počátku minulého století dějinami…

V nejnovějším románu se Paul Auster představuje v takovépodobě, na jakou jsme u něj zvyklí – jako výborný vypravěčpříběhů, který využívá postupy a prvky pokleslýchžánrů. Autor pracuje s motivy detektivního, špionážního,sci-fi , válečného a milostného…

Trojice příběhů, ve kterých autor vzdává hold tzv. "drsné škole" americké detektivky. Quinn, autor laciných detektivek ve Skleněném městě, se pustí na základě telefonického omylu do vyšetřování zapeklitého případu, jenž mu brzy přeroste přes hlavu a…