Paul Auster & Luc Sante | The New York Trilogy Manuscript Edition

The inimitable Paul Auster launches the limited edition manuscript of his New York Trilogy with fellow author Luc Sante at the Strand’s Rare Book Room. Paul will undoubtedly share never before seen or heard thoughts of The New York Trilogy's journey from infancy to publication.
Some words about the limited edition manuscript:
Specialized in the reproduction of major manuscripts, SP Books are happy to present three drafts from Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy. In 2014 the publisher went to the New York Public Library to explore the papers of one of our greatest contemporary writers, Paul Auster. This colossal archive bears witness to the evolution of a novel, the generation of a publication through all its intermediary stages, from beginning to end.
After summarily sketching out the plot, he writes his first versions in notebooks which represent weeks, months, or years of his life. There are usually around ten handwritten and as many as three typewritten drafts of a single text, the latter containing numerous corrections in pen. The document he hands his publisher is the final version of a text that has gone through many incarnations.
A veritable time capsule, the book contains hand- and typewritten manuscripts of The New York Trilogy, carefully selected in cooperation with Paul Auster to shed light on this major work’s architecture. The first, a handwritten sketch of City of Glass, entitled New York Confidential, is followed by a nearly definitive typewritten version of Ghosts, initially called Black Outs, and a quite advanced manuscript of The Locked Room, whose first title was Ghosts. Like Mr. Auster’s enigmatic New York, this is “an inexhaustible space, a labyrinth of endless steps”.
Paul Auster is the bestselling author of “Winter Journal,” “Sunset Park,” “Invisible,” “The Book of Illusions,” and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. He has been awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, the Prix Médicis étranger, an Independent Spirit Award, and the Premio Napoli. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Luc Sante's books include “Low Life,” “Evidence,” “The Factory of Facts,” “Kill All Your Darlings,” and “The Other Paris.” He teaches at Bard.
Recorded December 3, 2018

[@ramdularsingh1435]

Paul is a creative genius !..... He deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is a gem for the contemporary world literature ! God bless him !!!...

[@guharup]

Reading City of Glass. Its mesmerising, magical.

[@starmazaheri7448]

Just love listening to writers talk about their life and books. You're genius 🙏🌿🙏🌿

[@robertmusacchio9409]

Interesting to hear where the author got the ideas from his life experiences to use for the characterizations and incidents in the Trilogy. But still I feel the titles for the 3 stories seem to bear little relevence to the important themes of each of the stories. Would love to hear the rejected titles that Mr Auster alludes to.

[@ClockwiseCat]

Rest peacefully, Paul Auster.

[@garierbos]

Now days, with 5 dólares in Paris you can drink a coffee in a cheap place.