{"product_id":"the-inner-life-of-martin-frost-9780312427030","title":"The Inner Life of Martin Frost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Picador Paperback Original\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWritten and directed by Paul Auster, the screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Life of Martin Frost, \u003c\/i\u003e starring David Thewlis, Irene Jacob, Michael Imperioli, and Sophie Auster.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy \u003c\/i\u003eto\u003ci\u003e The Book of Illusions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1, \u003c\/i\u003ePaul Auster, one of America's most spectacularly inventive novelists, established him as an award-winning filmmaker as well, with \u003ci\u003eSmoke, Blue in the Face, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Lulu on the Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, \u003ci\u003e The Inner Life of Martin Frost\u003c\/i\u003e brings together his talents as a novelist and filmmaker with a work that is tender, moving, and funny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Searching for solitude, the writer Martin Frost borrows a friend's country house. Waking up one morning, he is shocked to find a nearly naked young woman beside him in bed. She also has a key to the house and claims to be the owner's niece. Martin's initial annoyance at Claire's intrusion is rapidly forgotten as he falls passionately in love with her. Even when it is revealed that Claire is not who she claims to be, their idyllic passion continues--until she suddenly falls ill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Life of Martin Frost\u003c\/i\u003e is based on an imaginary film that appears in the author's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e. Unlike the fictional Hector Spelling's \"lost\" 1946 black and white film of the same title, Auster's luminous celebration of the mysteries of love, art, and the imagination was released in 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eTravels in the Scriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e coming from Henry Holt in February 2007. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50319267954962,"sku":"9780312427030","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_247300de-b5dd-4094-b8db-482bec39c6d0.jpg?v=1727566600","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-inner-life-of-martin-frost-9780312427030","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}