Hand to Mouth

Paperback | 1 July 2005 | Edition Number 1

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One of the most original and audacious autobiographies ever written by a writer, Hand to Mouth tells the story of the young Paul Auster's struggle to stay afloat. By turns poignant and comic, Auster's memoir is essentially a book about money - and what it means not to have it. From one odd job to the next, from one failed scheme to another, Auster investigates his own stubborn compulsion to make art and, in the process, treats us to a series of remarkable adventures and unforgettable encounters. The book ends with three of the longest footnotes in literary history: a card game, a baseball thriller, and three short plays.

Industry Reviews

"Delightful...A gracious and humane tale...One can only marvel at Auster's artistry. -T"he Boston Sunday Globe" "Auster writes in a voice so clear, so mesmerizing, and so profound...[he] is unafraid of his own power, precisely because he has acknowledged humiliation's alchemy, its way of letting words vibrate at whatever weird, golden velocity they wish, "Hand to Mouth "vibrates...beautiful." -Wayne Koestenbaum, "Bookforum" "Required, inspiring reading for Auster-holics and aspiring writers." -"Kirkus Reviews" "An engaging account of his early attempts to stay afloat as a writer...with a colorful cast of sharply etched characters who he meets along the way." -"Chicago Tribune" "As a cautionary tale for writers, this is a superb book." -"Publishers Weekly" "Delightful...A gracious and humane tale...One can only marvel at Auster's artistry. --T"he Boston Sunday Globe" "Auster writes in a voice so clear, so mesmerizing, and so profound...[he] is unafraid of his own power, precisely because he has acknowledged humiliation's alchemy, its way of letting words vibrate at whatever weird, golden velocity they wish, "Hand to Mouth "vibrates...beautiful." --Wayne Koestenbaum, "Bookforum" "Required, inspiring reading for Auster-holics and aspiring writers." --"Kirkus Reviews" "An engaging account of his early attempts to stay afloat as a writer...with a colorful cast of sharply etched characters who he meets along the way." --"Chicago Tribune" "As a cautionary tale for writers, this is a superb book." --"Publishers Weekly" " Delightful...A gracious and humane tale...One can only marvel at Auster' s artistry. -- T"he Boston Sunday Globe" " Auster writes in a voice so clear, so mesmerizing, and so profound...[he] is unafraid of his own power, precisely because he has acknowledged humiliation' s alchemy, its way of letting words vibrate at whatever weird, golden velocity they wish, "Hand to Mouth "vibrates...beautiful." -- Wayne Koestenbaum, "Bookforum" " Required, inspiring reading for Auster-holics and aspiring writers." -- "Kirkus Reviews" " An engaging account of his early attempts to stay afloat as a writer...with a colorful cast of sharply etched characters who he meets along the way." -- "Chicago Tribune" " As a cautionary tale for writers, this is a superb book." -- "Publishers Weekly"

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