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Un viaje post-apocalíptico fascinante hacia la desaparición del ser humano de la faz de la tierraEn el país de las últimas cosas todo tiende al caos, los edificios y las calles desaparecen, y no hay nacimientos. La existencia se reduce a la mera supervivencia de vidas miserables sin "ni siquiera la esperanza de recuperar la esperanza". Anna Blume cuenta en una larga carta su paso por la ciudad, en busca de su hermano desaparecido, y su afan por vivir, a pesar de todo, en este ambiente devastado del final de la civilizacion.

Tres incursiones en el cine de uno de los autoresáamericanos más prolíficos.Este volumen recoge Smoke, Blue in the Face y Lulu onáthe Bridge, tres de los guiones de Paul Auster, ademásáde material adicional como entrevistas, notas a los actoresay el texto del Cuento de Navidad de Auggie Wren (queamotivo la pelicula Smoke). Una excelente oportunidad paraadentrarse en los trabajos del genero cinematografico queaPaul Auster ha desarrollado a lo largo de su carrera.

"Un juego intelectual de una proeza fascinante", The New York TimesMeses despues del accidente en el que murieron su mujer y su hijo, David Zimmer, escritor y profesor en Vermont, escribe un libro sobre la unica persona que ha conseguido devolverle la sonrisa, el actor de cine mudo Hector Mann, desaparecido decadas atras.En la decima novela de Paul Auster, la narracion de la vida de Hector Mann contada por Zimmer se mezcla con lo que le sucede al profesor y con la filmografia del actor, configurando potentes historias entrecruzadas que difuminan los limites entre la ficcion y la realidad.

En 1967, Adam Walker, un joven poeta ávido de vida y literatura, estudia en la Universidad de Columbia, se opone a la guerra de Vietnam y es muy apuesto. Una noche conoce a una pareja de franceses muy sofisticados, Rudolf y Margot. Tras varios dias en que ambos ejercen su ambigua seduccion sobre el inocente americano, Rudolf le ofrece a Adam la direccion de una revista literaria que el financiara. Adam ya sospecha que quiza el profesor sea un hombre peligroso, pero no puede resistirse a su oferta. Y tampoco resistira a la insinuante Margot... Pero, en estos juegos peligrosos, ¿quien es la presa y quien el cazador? Una autentica obra maestra en su genero (Dario Villanueva, El Mundo). Notabilisima novela. Un Auster estupendo (Sergi Sanchez, El Periodico). Da un salto literario en su nueva novela (Winston Manrique, El Pais).La mejor novela de Paul Auster (New York Times).NOTAS PARA ISBN:El autor es ingles.

Miles Heller tiene veintiocho años, y a los veinte desanudó los lazos que lo unían al mundo que hasta entonces había conocido. Ahora vive en Florida y trabaja para una empresa que se encarga de vaciar las viviendas de los desahuciados que en plena crisis no pudieron seguir pagando su hipoteca. Y saca fotos de todas las cosas abandonadas, registra las huellas de esas vidas dispersas. No tiene ambiciones y sus unicos lujos son los libros y la camara digital con la que documenta a los fantasmas. Y habria seguido asi de no haber sido por una chica, Pilar Sanchez, menor de edad. Y como Miles puede ir a la carcel por esa relacion, vuelve a Nueva York para esperar alli la mayoria de edad de la joven. Es un retorno al pasado y a sus secretos, a la comunidad de Sunset Park y a sus compañeros okupas...NOTAS PARA ISBN:El autor es ingles.

In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts...Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster now remembers the experience of his development from within, through the encounters of his interior self with the outer world. From his baby's-eye view of the man in the moon to his childhood worship of the movie cowboy Buster Crabbe to the composition of his first poem at the age of nine to his dawning awareness of the injustices of American life, Report from the Interior charts Auster's moral, political and intellectual journey as he inches his way toward adulthood through the post-war fifties and into the turbulent 1960s. Auster evokes the sounds, smells, and tactile sensations that marked his early life - and the many images that came at him, including moving images (he adored cartoons, he was in love with films), until, at its unique climax, the book breaks away from prose into pure imagery: The final section of Report from the Interior recapitulates the first three parts, told in an album of pictures. At once a story of the times and the story of the emerging consciousness of a renowned literary artist, this four-part work answers the challenge of autobiography in ways rarely, if ever, seen before.

"Day/Night brings together two metaphysical novels that mirror each other and are meant to be read in tandem: two men, each confined to a room, one suddenly alert to his existence, the other desperate to escape into sleep. In Travels in the Scriptorium (2007), elderly Mr. Blank wakes in an unfamiliar cell, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He must use the few objects he finds and the information imparted by the day's string of visitors to cobble together an idea of his identity. In Man in the Dark (2008), another old man, August Brill, suffering from insomnia, struggles to push away thoughts of painful personal losses by imagining what might have been. Who are we? What is real and not real? How does the political intersect with the personal? After great loss, why are some of us unable to go on? "One of America's greats"* and a descendant of Kafka and Borges,** Auster explores in these two small masterpieces some of our most pressing philosophical concerns. *Time Out Chicago/**Booklist".

Paul Auster, en paralelo a sus novelas, ha ido publicando algunos textos en los que indaga desde ángulos diversos en su propia vida y en los procesos íntimos de su escritura. Esta nueva entrega de textos autobiograficos es el complemento perfecto del reciente Diario de invierno. Si en dicho volumen el arte y el envejecimiento tenian un papel central, ahora el foco se centra en la infancia y la primera juventud, en la construccion de la personalidad y en el origen primigenio del impetu de escribir, de profundizar en el mundo a traves de las palabras.

From the internationally bestselling author of Winter Journal, Sunset Park, and The New York TrilogyHaving recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster now remembers his development from within, through the encounters of his interior self with the outer world.From his babys-eye view of the man in the moon to his dawning awareness of the injustices in American life, Auster charts his intellectual, political, and moral journey as he inches his way toward adulthood from the postwar fifties and into the turbulent 1960s. He then recapitulates that journey through an album of pictures, answering the challenge of autobiography in ways rarely, if ever, seen before.

"Miles Heller ha ventotto anni e vive in Florida. Ha poco, eppure ha tutto: l''amore di un''adorabile ragazza di origini cubane, la passione trasmessagli dal padre per il baseball con le sue storie fatte di destino e casualita, e i libri, ""una malattia da cui non vuole essere curato"". Il lavoro non e un granche, d''accordo, ma lui sembra farlo come se in quell''attivita intuisse un misterioso legame con la sua esistenza: affinche le banche possano rimetterle in vendita, deve entrare nelle abitazioni abbandonate e fotografare gli oggetti che gli inquilini vi hanno lasciato. Ma Miles ha una vita precedente da cui negli ultimi sette anni e fuggito. E continuerebbe a farlo se il destino (o il caso) non si mettesse in mezzo: Pilar, la sua ragazza, e orfana e vive con le sorelle maggiori. Ed e minorenne. Cosi quando decide di trasferirsi da Miles, lui deve avere il loro consenso che ottiene corrompendo la piu grande. Ma dopo qualche mese, Angela Sanchez inizia a ricattarlo. A Miles non resta che cambiare aria per un po'': in fondo Pilar sara presto maggiorenne e nulla potra separarli. Si rivolge all''unico amico con cui e rimasto in contatto, Bing, che insieme ad altri tre ragazzi vive a Brooklyn, in una casa occupata in una zona chiamata Sunset Park. Tornare a New York, la sua citta natale, significa fare i conti con i motivi che l''hanno spinto ad andarsene di casa, significa chiarire definitivamente i motivi che hanno determinato la morte del fratello Bobby. "

Dopo aver superato per miracolo una malattia che lo ha quasi ucciso, SidneyOrr, scrittore trentenne, ricomincia faticosamente a vivere. Un giorno,passeggiando per le vie di Brooklyn, entra per caso in una cartoleria e trovatra gli scaffali un taccuino blu. Ma nel momento stesso in cui Sidney loprende in mano sa che lo comprera. Con il taccuino blu Sidney si sente capacedi ritornare a scrivere. E per i successivi nove giorni vive sottol'incantesimo dell'ispirazione: scrive l'inizio di un romanzo, lavora a untrattamento cinematografico, butta giu alcune riflessioni su un tragico fattodi cronaca, e trova una possibile spiegazione ad alcuni fatti misteriosi cherischiano di distruggere la sua vita e quella di sua moglie, Grace.

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.

Eine Tragodie, ein Spiel, ein Meisterwerk.Sunset Park beschreibt die Hoffnungen und Sorgen einer unvergesslichen Schar von Menschen, die in den dunkelsten Zeiten der amerikanischen Wirtschaftskrise zusammenkommen: ein ratselhafter junger Mann, der wie besessen Trummer fotografiert; eine kuhle Cineastin mit Hang zum Androgynen; ein politischer Aktivist, der in seiner Klinik fur kaputte Dinge Artefakte einer verschwundenen Welt repariert; eine Malerin erotischer Themen; eine einst gefeierte Schauspielerin, die sich auf ihr Comeback am Broadway vorbereitet; ein Kleinverleger, der versucht, seinen Verlag und seine Ehe zu retten.

Paul Auster's most intimate autobiographical work to date"In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . . ."Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in "Winter Journal," internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster now remembers the experience of his development from within through the encounters of his interior self with the outer world in "Report from the Interior."From his baby's-eye view of the man in the moon, to his childhood worship of the movie cowboy Buster Crabbe, to the composition of his first poem at the age of nine, to his dawning awareness of the injustices of American life, "Report from the Interior" charts Auster's moral, political, and intellectual journey as he inches his way toward adulthood through the postwar 1950s and into the turbulent 1960s. Auster evokes the sounds, smells, and tactile sensations that marked his early life--and the many images that came at him, including moving images (he adored cartoons, he was in love with films), until, at its unique climax, the book breaks away from prose into pure imagery: The final section of "Report from the Interior" recapitulates the first three parts, told in an album of pictures. At once a story of the times--which makes it everyone's story--and the story of the emerging consciousness of a renowned literary artist, this four-part work answers the challenge of autobiography in ways rarely, if ever, seen before. A "Kirkus Reviews "Best Nonfiction Book of 2013