Austerity articles
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Paul Auster – a life in pictures
Paul Auster, the author of 34 books including the acclaimed New York Trilogy, has died aged 77. Auster became known for his ‘highly stylised, quirkily riddlesome postmodernist fiction in which narrators are rarely other than unreliable and the bedrock of plot is continually shifting’, the novelist Joyce Carol Oates wrote in 2010 Continue reading
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Remembering Paul Auster through his time as an NPR contributor
Paul Auster was many things: novelist, screenwriter, poet, and NPR contributor. He died this week from cancer at the age of 77. Former NPR host Jacki Lyden has a remembrance.
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‘I remember Paul Auster’: a tribute by Jonathan Lethem to his friend
The author of Motherless Brooklyn recalls his deepening relationship with the late author - from a chance book signing to becoming a confidant during tough times• Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77• Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generationI remember the first time I approached Paul Auster. This would have been in 1987. I was an aspiring writer working at a bookstore in Berkeley and Paul appeared at another bookstore nearby, to read...