Baumgartner— Paul Auster

Paul Auster's long-awaited return to the novel, accompanying the unforgettable Professor Baumgartner on a journey through a lifetime of memories.

Baumgartner is an eminent writer and university professor, as eccentric as he is incredibly tender, who lost his wife nine years ago. His life was defined by the deep and lasting love he felt for Anna, and now, at 71, he continues to struggle to live in her absence.

Their shared story began in 1968, when they met as penniless students in New York and, despite being almost opposites in many ways, began a passionate relationship that would last for forty years. Overcoming the grief of Anna's loss is interspersed with wonderful stories —from his youth in Newark to his father's life as a failed revolutionary in Eastern Europe— and a powerful reflection on how we love at different stages of life.