The Invention of Solitude A Memoir Author:Paul Auster "One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death". So begins THE INVENTION OF SOLITUDE, Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. After the death of his own father, Auster discovers a 60-year-old family murder mystery that could account for the old man's elusive character. Later the b... more »ook shifts from Auster's identity as son to his own role as father.« less