{"product_id":"report-from-the-interior-9781250052292","title":"Report from the Interior","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaving recalled his life through the story of his physical self in \u003ci\u003eWinter Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster remembers the experience of his development from within through the encounters of his interior self with the outer world in \u003ci\u003eReport from the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his baby's-eye view of the man in the moon, to his childhood worship of the movie cowboy Buster Crabbe, to the composition of his first poem at the age of nine, to his dawning awareness of the injustices of American life, \u003ci\u003eReport from the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e charts Auster's moral, political, and intellectual journey as he inches his way toward adulthood through the postwar 1950s and into the turbulent 1960s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuster evokes the sounds, smells, and tactile sensations that marked his early life--and the many images that came at him, including moving images (he adored cartoons, he was in love with films), until, at its unique climax, the book breaks away from prose into pure imagery: The final section of \u003ci\u003eReport from the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e recapitulates the first three parts, told in an album of pictures. At once a story of the times--which makes it everyone's story--and the story of the emerging consciousness of a renowned literary artist, this four-part work answers the challenge of autobiography in ways rarely, if ever, seen before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Auster is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWinter Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInvisible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Premio Napoli for \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2012 he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He has also been a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e), the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction (\u003ci\u003eThe Music of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e), and the Edgar Award (\u003ci\u003eCity of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e). He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into forty-three languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621957112082,"sku":"9781250052292","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc699e9c-fb13-42bb-89a9-a5e2660a9b3e.jpg?v=1732585949","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/report-from-the-interior-9781250052292","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}