Hustvedt creates a vivid portrait of Paul Auster as a husband, father and grandfather... Their bond was physical, emotional and deeply intellectual. He had told her he wanted to return as a ghost; with this book, she honours his wish.
Kirkus
Truly moving… A book about loneliness, despair and confusion. It reads like a cry.
New York Times Book Review
A book about grief and its psychological and physical effects, but also a revealing and intimate glimpse into a literary marriage—the joyful moments of their early courtship, their deep involvement in each other’s work, their private jokes.
New York Times
Hustvedt is a writer of extraordinary depth. With Ghost Stories, she will comfort you for the losses you have experienced, and for those you know—we all know—are yet to come.
Observer
A moving autobiographical account of memory, and a meditation on love and grief, centered on the loss of Siri Hustvedt’s husband, Paul Auster. The book is a collage of Siri’s memories of the years they spent together, love letters, notes, diary entries, and unpublished personal writings by Paul Auster to their grandson, Miles. The author speaks movingly about everything, from their first meeting to the moment of his death. She describes the difficult period that followed his diagnosis, the treatments, the peaks of hope and the valleys of suffering, and the love they continued to share throughout it all. She also speaks about the state she found herself in after the death of her beloved, the rituals of mourning, the journey of memory, and the ghosts that dwell within us as we carry on with our lives.
A tribute to a very important figure in literature—and to a great love.
The Press Wrote It
Manufacturer
- Author
- Siri Hustvedt
- Publisher
- Metaichmio
- Original Title
- Ghost Stories
- Publishers
- Metaixmio
- Skroutz Book Awards 2026
- -
- Type
- Prose
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 464
- Release Date
- 06/10/2026
- Publication Date
- 2026
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786180348408
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