The Red Notebook (A New Directions Pearl)

About this book

Truth is stranger than fiction and The Red Notebook chronicles Austers own strangetrue stories The Red Notebook stories pulled from Austers own life or from the lives of those close to him are explorations of unexpected coincidences. A wrong number becomes the genesis for a famous novel; a hero appears at an inopportune moment; a lightning storm harries a group of campers; a daughter plunges from a terrifying height only to land improbably safely; a Paul Auster imposter materializes. Like a magic show The Red Notebook demonstrates that there is much to life that is special and serendipitous if only we allow ourselves to perceive it this way (The Washington Post).