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A fascinating discussion with one of America´s greatest living writers, held over a 3 year period. Paul Auster´s A Life in Words is a remarkable candid and often surprising celebration of one writer´s art, craft and life. It includes many revelations that have never been shared before, such as the fact he doesn´t consider himself a postmodernist even though he is frequently labelled as one. This is a book that´s full of surprises, composed of spoken words that sometimes jump off the page like a good drama.

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"I believe this is a very important book for people who want to know what it means to be a writer." -Barry Gifford

"Nabokov once said ´I divide literature into two categories, the books I wish I had written, and the books I have written.´ In the former category I would put books by Kurt Vonnegut, Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, and Paul Auster." --Umberto Eco (in the Paris Review)

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PAUL AUSTER is one of the very few giants of English-language literature who has successfully made the leap from the twentieth to the twenty-first century. A poet and translator before he achieved international prominence as a memoirist and novelist, Auster continues to challenge and dazzle his readers in America and around the world. His most recent novel is 4 3 2 1.

I. B. SIEGUMFELDT is an associate professor of English, Germanic, and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the driving force behind the university´s forthcoming Paul Auster Center.

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