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Hand to Mouth
Hand to Mouth is Paul Auster’s startling memoir of his career as a young writer – and his accompanying struggle with poverty.
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‘One of the most original and audacious autobiographies ever written by a writer.’ Le Monde
Hand to Mouth tells the story of the young Paul Auster’s struggle to stay afloat. By turns poignant and comic, Auster’s memoir is essentially a book about money – and what it means not to have it. From one odd job to the next, from one failed scheme to another, Auster investigates his own stubborn compulsion to make art and, in the process, treats us to a series of remarkable adventures and unforgettable encounters.
Hand to Mouth is essential reading for anyone interested in Paul Auster, in the figure of the struggling artist, in the nature of poverty, or in baseball.
Paul Auster is the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Sunset Park, The Book of Illusions, Moon Palace and The New York Trilogy. He and Spencer Ostrander collaborated on Bloodbath Nation. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. His other honours include the Prix Medicis Étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the…
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