Pearls and Irritations

Siri Hustvedt’s Ghost Stories will make you cry

Siri Hustvedt’s memoir 'Ghost Stories' chronicles the illness and death of her husband Paul Auster while exploring grief, ...
NBC Bay Area

Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77

Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1,” has died at age 77. Auster's death ...

Siri Hustvedt’s powerful memoir of losing her husband Paul Auster will make you cry

Ghost Stories reflects on Hustvedt’s life with her husband Paul Auster, her partner of 43 years, in the aftermath of his ...

Siri Hustvedt discusses her new book, 'Ghost Stories: A Memoir of Love & Grief'

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to novelist Siri Hustvedt about her new book, "Ghost Stories" - a memoir of her 43-year marriage to American novelist Paul Auster, who died of cancer in 2024.

She’d Never Published a Book Without Paul Auster Reading It First

Until now, in a new memoir that has Siri Hustvedt writing about the highs, lows and late-life tragedies of their glamorous ...
The Independent on MSN

Paul Auster was my friend. His widow’s book is painful and profound

Paul Auster was my friend. His widow Siri Hustvedt’s memoir is a painful, profound read - MCCRUM ON BOOKS: The novelist wife ...
The Spectator Australia

Mourning becomes Siri Hustvedt

At 6.58 p.m. on 30 April 2024, Siri Hustvedt’s husband of 43 years, the novelist Paul Auster, died of cancer in the library ...