Previously, Work
in Progress brought you John Freeman's conversations with Jeffrey Eugenides and Jonathan Franzen as exclusive previews of How to Read a Novelist, Freeman's book of more than fifty
author profiles. This week, to mark the publication of How to
Read a Novelist (it's
on-sale now!) and in anticipation of the November release of Paul Auster's Report from the Interior, we bring you a special bonus
conversation that's not included in How to Read a Novelist: Freeman talking with Siri Hustvedt
and Paul Auster in 2008, on the eve of the publications of Hustvedt's novel
The Sorrows of an American
and Auster's Man in the Dark.
-Sean McDonald
The voice coming out of the speakers starts in a low whisper, like the
first sound one hears upon waking.
Then it climbs higher and starts to sing of heartbreak, of loneliness. In a
few minutes it has changed again, this time to a bellow-throated, bluesy rasp,
full of womanly wisdom and sass. Listening in on a recent Brooklyn
afternoon, novelists Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt shake their heads and
tap their feet. Auster wears a smile so big it nearly wraps around the back
of his head, while his eyes squeeze shut with pride. And he should be
pleased: it's their daughter singing.
Read on...
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