Winter journal
by Auster, Paul
"Winter Journal" is Paul Auster's examination of his life, as seen through the history of his body. The journal advances from one autobiographical fragment to the next, jumping backward and forward in time as themes intersect. Auster takes us from childhood to the brink of old age as he summons forth a universe of physical sensation, moving from the awkening of sexual desire as an adolescent to the ever deeping bonds of married love, from the shocks of violent accidents to an account of his mot…
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- Full title :Winter journal / Paul Auster.
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"Winter Journal" is Paul Auster's examination of his life, as seen through the history of his body. The journal advances from one autobiographical fragment to the next, jumping backward and forward in time as themes intersect. Auster takes us from childhood to the brink of old age as he summons forth a universe of physical sensation, moving from the awkening of sexual desire as an adolescent to the ever deeping bonds of married love, from the shocks of violent accidents to an account of his mother's sudden death in 2002, from meditiations on eating and sleeping to the "scading, epiphanic moment of clarity" in 1978 that set him on a new course as a writer.
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- Publication Date:c2012.
- Edition:Large print ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Thorndike Press
- Place of Publication:Waterville, ME
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:c2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:309 p. ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780805095531, 9781410451958, 141045195X, 0805095535
- oclc:on1306745648
- Dewey Decimal:818.5403
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