by PaulAuster (Author)
In Winter Journal , Auster presents the abandonment of the family by his father from his mother's point of view: her struggle as a single mother; love found again late in life, a love that was short-lived; her troubled later years and, finally, her death - and the subsequent anxiety attacks Auster suffered in the face of her death. In Winter Journal Auster moves through the events of his life in a random series of memories grasped from the point of view of his life now: playing baseball as a teenager; participating in the anti-Vietnam demonstrations at Columbia University; seeking out prostitutes in Paris, almost killing his second wife and child in a car accident; falling in and out of live with his first wife.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 Sep 2012
ISBN 10: 0571283217
ISBN 13: 9780571283217
Book Overview: Paul Auster's unforgettable account of the abandonment of his family by his father, told from the point of view of his mother.