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- catalog abstract "This is the story of a young man's struggle to stay afloat. By turns poignant and comic, Paul Auster's memoir is essentially an autobiographical essay 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 describes his ingenious, often farfetched attempts to survive on next to nothing. From the streets of New York City and Paris to the rural roads of Upstate New York, the author treats us to a series of remarkable adventures and unforgettable encounters and, in several elaborate appendixes, to previously unknown work from these years. Here are three plays that contain the seeds of inspiration for some of Auster's future work, a tabletop baseball game (complete with cards and rules), and a pseudonymous detective novel - the author's first full-length novel. Each is an example of Auster's effort to make money; each is an illustration of the artist's mind at work. The result is a book of manifold delights and discoveries, an autobiography that resembles no other.".
- catalog contributor b10314805.
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog coverage "Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Hand to mouth -- Three plays. Laurel and Hardy go to heaven ; Blackouts ; Hide and seek -- Action baseball -- Squeeze play / by "Paul Benjamin".".
- catalog description "This is the story of a young man's struggle to stay afloat. By turns poignant and comic, Paul Auster's memoir is essentially an autobiographical essay 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 describes his ingenious, often farfetched attempts to survive on next to nothing. From the streets of New York City and Paris to the rural roads of Upstate New York, the author treats us to a series of remarkable adventures and unforgettable encounters and, in several elaborate appendixes, to previously unknown work from these years. Here are three plays that contain the seeds of inspiration for some of Auster's future work, a tabletop baseball game (complete with cards and rules), and a pseudonymous detective novel - the author's first full-length novel. Each is an example of Auster's effort to make money; each is an illustration of the artist's mind at work. The result is a book of manifold delights and discoveries, an autobiography that resembles no other.".
- catalog extent "449 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0805054065 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Henry Holt,".
- catalog spatial "France Paris".
- catalog spatial "France Paris.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
- catalog spatial "Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 B 21".
- catalog subject "Americans France Paris History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Auster, Paul, 1947- Homes and haunts France Paris.".
- catalog subject "Auster, Paul, 1947- Homes and haunts New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Authors, American Homes and haunts France Paris.".
- catalog subject "Authors, American Homes and haunts New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Authorship Economic aspects.".
- catalog subject "PS3551.U77 Z4616 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Hand to mouth -- Three plays. Laurel and Hardy go to heaven ; Blackouts ; Hide and seek -- Action baseball -- Squeeze play / by "Paul Benjamin".".
- catalog title "Hand to mouth : a chronicle of early failure / Paul Auster.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".