Ghost stories : a memoir
Hustvedt, Siri2026
Book
'Ghost Stories' is Siri Hustvedt's most personal work yet, a searing and intimate meditation on grief, memory, and enduring love, written in the aftermath of the death of her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster. It is a patchwork-quilt book that stitches together memories from over 40 years of love and life together: journal entries Siri wrote between early November 2023, when Paul first became ill, and 3 May 2024, the day of his funeral; e-mails Siri sent to friends during Paul's cancer treatment; notes Paul sent her over the course of their relationship; and three love letters Siri wrote to him in 1981, when he left her for a period of nine or ten days to return to his former life with his first wife and son. The book also contains Paul Auster's last ever piece of writing - the first 35 pages of what he hoped would be a small book of letters to Siri's and his grandson, Miles Auster Hustvedt Ostrander, born on 1st January 2024.
Main title:
Ghost stories : a memoir / Siri Hustvedt.
Author:
Hustvedt, Siri, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2026.
Collation:
320 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781399753845 (hbk)
Dewey class:
818.5409818.5409 HUS
Language:
English
Subject:
Hustvedt, SiriAuster, Paul, 1947-2024Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- BiographyNovelists, American -- 20th century -- BiographyWomen novelists, American -- 21st century -- BiographyNovelists, American -- 21st century -- BiographyBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseDiaries, letters & journalsMemoirsCoping with death & bereavementDating, relationships, living together & marriage: advice
BRN:
4274486