“The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been lost forever, other things will perhaps be remembered again, and still other things have been lost and found and lost again. There is no way to be sure of any this.”
This collection brings together a range of prose pieces, including short stories, essays, and other narrative forms, offering readers a diverse and comprehensive view of the author's or authors' writing abilities and thematic interests. more
Paul Auster is an American author known for his unique narrative style and philosophical reflections. His works often explore themes of identity, memory, and reality, and have won him a wide audience. more
“I decided to accept as true my own thinking.”
“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”
“[B]ut he had lived in a world in which, as he said, no one who loved ideas need hunger mentally.”
“why did I have to keep learning this same thing over and over?”
“You can't test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy.”