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Informationen zum Autor Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Sunset Park, The Book of Illusions, Moon Palace and The New York Trilogy . He and Spencer Ostrander collaborated on Bloodbath Nation. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. His other honours include the Prix Medicis Étranger for Leviathan , the Independent Spirit Award for the Screenplay of Smoke , the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Burning Boy , and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work. His novel 4 3 2 1 was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work was translated into more than forty languages. His final novel, Baumgartner , was published in November 2023. He died on 30 April 2024. Klappentext Collected Screenplays brings together the film work of Paul Auster. Collected Screenplays brings together the film work of Paul Auster. Zusammenfassung Paul Auster's novels have earned him the reputation as 'one of America's most spectacularly inventive writers.' He has also brought this sense of invention to the art of screenwriting, producing Smoke, Blue in the Face, Lulu on the Bridge and The Inner Life of Martin Frost . Smoke tells the story of a novelist, a cigar store manager and a black teenager who unexpectedly cross paths . Blue in the Face is a largely improvised comedy directly inspired by Smoke . In Lulu on the Bridge , jazz musician Izzy Maurer is accidently hit with a bullet during a performance in a New York club, propelling him on a strange and frightening journey. The Inner Life of Martin Frost follows the unsettling experiences that befall a writer who borrows a friend's country house. The volume also contains production notes, as well as interviews with Paul Auster about his work in film. ...
