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Artistic failure, financial woes, and broken love are the subjects of austers wideranging philosophical memoir, a candid assessment of the demands and rewards of art, work, and money. A chronicle of early failure 9780805054897 by auster, paul and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Everything he turned his hand to seemed to fail, and he was. The author of 14 books of fiction, poetry, essays, screenplays, and translations laughs last. A chronicle of early failure, paul auster paul austers hand to mouth. Its no wonder that paul auster the music of chance. A chronicle of early failure is a fascinating and often funny memoir about his early years as a writer struggling to be published, and. My marriage ended in divorce, my work as a writer foundered, and i was overwhelmed by money problems. Although paul austers eight novelsincluding the new york trilogyare canonical reading for fans of american literature worldwide, the author spent many years struggling to stay afloat. From one odd job to the next, from one failed scheme to another, auster investigates his own stubborn compulsion to make art, and describes his ingenious, often farfetched attempts to survive on next to nothing. Leaving high school with itchy feet and refusing to. Hand to mouth tells the story of the young paul auster s struggle to stay afloat. Hand to mouth a chronicle of early failure paul auster see more. A chronicle of early failure is paul austers memoir about an early period of life when he was struggling to survive.
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