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100 1 $aAuster, Paul,$d1947-$eauthor.
245 12$aA life in words :$bconversations with I.B. Siegumfeldt /$cPaul Auster.
250 $aA Seven Stories Press First Edition.
260 $aNew York :$bSeven Stories Press,$c[2017].
300 $axvi, 315 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index.
520 $aPaul Auster's A Life in Words--a wide-ranging dialogue between Auster and the Danish professor I.B. Siegumfeldt-- is a remarkably candid and often surprising celebration of one writer's art, craft, and life. It includes many revelations that have never been shared before, such as that he doesn't consider himself a postmodernist even though he is frequently labeled as one. This is a book that's full of surprises, composed of spoken words that sometimes jump off the page like good drama. The conversations between Auster and Siegumfeldt went on for three years, starting in 2011, and continuing after there was a complete draft in revisions and further conversations that went on until now. All twenty-one of Auster's narrative works are covered as well as all the themes and obsessions that drive the work, and the man--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10$aAuster, Paul,$d1947-$vInterviews.
600 10$aAuster, Paul,$d1947-$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10$aSiegumfeldt, I. B.$vInterviews.
650 0$aAuthors, American$y20th century$vInterviews.
700 1 $aSiegumfeldt, I. B.,$eauthor.