{"product_id":"winter-journal-paul-auster","title":"Winter Journal (Paul Auster)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eYou think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWinter Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Auster moves through the events of his life in a 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; the 'scalding, epiphanic moment of clarity' in 1978 that set him on a new course as a writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter Journal\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant memoir of ageing and memory, written with all the characteristic subtlety, imagination and insight that readers of Paul Auster have come to cherish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An examination of the emotions of a man growing old . . . this book has much to recommend it, and Auster is unsparingly honest about himself.' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Auster was the bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e 4 3 2 1, Sunset Park, The Book of Illusions, Moon Palace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e. He and Spencer Ostrander collaborated on \u003ci\u003eBloodbath Nation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature.  His other honours include the Prix Medicis Étranger for \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, the Independent Spirit Award for the Screenplay of \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for \u003ci\u003eBurning Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work. His novel \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work was translated into more than forty languages. His final novel, \u003ci\u003eBaumgartner\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in November 2023. He died on 30 April 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 240 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66085979554141,"sku":"K038279067","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/3827906700001A.jpg?v=1790752108","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/winter-journal-paul-auster","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}