Collected Prose Autobiographical Writings, True Stories, Critical Essays, Prefaces and Collaborations with Artists

An essential collection from one of the finest thinkers and stylists in contemporary letters.<br><br>The celebrated author of <i>The New York Trilogy</i>, <i>The Book of Illusions</i>, and <i>Oracle Nigh</i>t presents here a highly personal collection of essays, prefaces, true stories, autobiographical writings, and collaborations with artists, as well as occasional pieces written for magazines and newspapers, including <i>The Invention of Solitud</i>e his "breathtaking memoir." (<i>Financial Times Magazine London</i>)<br><br>Ranging in subject from Sir Walter Raleigh to Kafka, Nathaniel Hawthorne to the high-wire artist Philippe Petit, conceptual artist Sophie Calle to Auster's own typewriter, the World Trade Center catastrophe to his beloved New York City itself, <i>Collected Prose</i> records the passions and insights of a writer who "will be remembered as one of the great writers of our time" (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>).<br>