There Is Something Siri Hustvedt Misses Even More than She Misses Paul Auster
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There is no longer a typewriter clattering downstairs. There is no one to warm Siri Hustvedt's cold feet under the covers. And there is no one to meet in the green chairs in the living room in the afternoon. For four decades, Siri Hustvedt and Paul Auster were Brooklyn's literary rock stars. Now only one half of 'Paul and Siri' remains. Two years ago, Paul Auster died. Since then, the number 4 has become important to Siri Hustvedt.
Siri Hustvedt presented her book "Ghost Stories" on Wednesday evening at Kampnagel in Hamburg. In it, the American woman tells of the death of her husband Paul Auster, what it's like to live without him and what makes grief with people.
In "Ghost Stories" Siri Hustvedt tells the story of her love for her husband Paul Auster - from the beginnings to Paul Auster's last months in the fight against lung cancer. She gives insight into the collaboration of the most famous literary couple of the 21st century and her dealings with grief. Tonight Siri Hustvedt presents her new book in the large broadcasting room of the RBB in conversation with literary agent Thomas Böhm.
At the invitation of the Hamburger Literaturhaus, Siri Hustvedt conjured up on Kampnagel the spirit of her dead husband Paul Auster. An extremely comforting, special evening.
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