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Informationen zum Autor Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1 , Bloodbath Nation , Baumgartner , The Book of Illusions , and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan , the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke , and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park . In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award ( The Book of Illusions ), the PEN/Faulkner Award ( The Music of Chance ), the Edgar Award ( City of Glass ), and the Man Booker Prize ( 4 3 2 1 ). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024. Klappentext The true-life stories in this unique collection provide "a window into the American mind and heart" ( The Daily News ). One hundred and eighty voices - male and female, young and old, from all walks of life and all over the country - talk intimately to the reader. Combining great humor and pathos this remarkable selection of stories from the thousands submitted to NPR's Weekend All Things Considered National Story Project gives the reader a glimpse of America's soul in all its diversity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction ANIMALS "The Chicken," Linda Elegant "Rascal," Yale Huffman "The Yellow Butterfly," Simonette Jackson "Python," Judith Beth Cohen "Pooh," Patricia Lambert "New York Stray," Edith S. Marks "Pork Chop," Eric Wynn "B," Suzanne Stroh "Two Loves," Will Coffey "Rabbit Story," Barry Foy "Carolina," Kelly O'Neill "Andy and the Snake," Ron Fabian "Blue Skies," Corki Stewart "Exposure," Michael Oppenheimer "Vertigo," Janet Schmidt Zupan OBJECTS "Star and Chain," Steve Lacheen "Radio Gypsy," Bill Calm "A Bicycle Story," Edith Riemer "Grandmother's China," Kristine Lundquist "The Bass," Mark Snyder "Mother's Watch," Raymond Barry "Case Closed," Jerry Hoke "The Photo," Beverly Peterson "MS. Found in an Attic," Marcus Rosenbaum "Tempo Primo," Lauren Shapiro "A Lesson Not Learned," Carol Sherman-Jones "A Family Christmas," Don Graves "My Rocking Chair," Dick Bain "The Unicycle," Gordon Lee Stelter "Moccasins," Fr. Keith Clark "The Striped Pen," Robert M. Rock "The Doll," Robert McGee "The Videotape," Marie Johnson "The Purse," Barbara Hudin "A Gift of Gold," John Keith FAMILIES "Rainout," Stan Benkoski "Isolation," Lucy Hayden "Connections," Miriam Rosenzweig "The Wednesday Before Christmas," Jack Fear "How My Father Lost His Job," Fred Muratori "Danny Kowalski," Charlie Peters "Revenge" Eric Brotman "Chris," Edwina Portelle Romero "Put Your Little Foot," Anna Thorson "Aunt Myrtle," Laura Braughton Waters "American Odyssey," Jane Adams "A Plate of Peas," Rick Beyer "Wash Guilt," Heather Atwood "Double Sadness," Martha Russell Hsu "A Picture of Life," Jeanine Mankins "Margie," Christine Kravetz "One Thousand Dollars," I.Z. "Taking Leave," Joe Miceli "Act of Memory," Mary Grace Dembeck SLAPSTICK "Bi-Coastal," Beth Kivel "A Felt Fedora," Joan Wilkins Stone "Man vs. Coat," Mel Singer "That's Entertainment," Nancy Wilson "Riding With Andy," Jim Furlong "Sophisticated Lady," Joan Vanden Heuvel "My First Day in Priest Clothes," Eugene O'Brien "Jewish Cowboy," Jennifer Pye "How to Win Friends and Influence People," Jerry Yellin "Your Father Has the Hay Fever," Tony Powell...
