Engaging

This book is quite passionate Almost an autobiography written at the tender age of 64 Relatively by an icon of American literature, but not quite. He is reticent about His two children and his sister, but quite open about the rest of Both His Parents' families short stories (and with a terrible family secret Revealed Only When He Was In His early 20s). This reader is struck by PA's powers of memory and the clarity de son de son making sense life at different stages.
Another sign That this is not an autobiography is the near lack of references to what he is Most Famous for: a New York-based creator of works of art, mostly literature. Not a word about the challenge of the white gold page about the books, poems and screenplays he wrote or the movies he directed.
Has Reviews another level this looks like a book of lists, about Illnesses, injuries and medical --other mishap. A list of all the houses / He Has Lived in homes, countries visited and for how long or about the number of US states he set foot in (40). A gold mine for future biographers. Towards the end of the book returns with this listing habit PA's favorite sweets, foods, soft drinks and stronger stuff. And his regrets about how smoking has-been harshly restricted.
PA's turning point in life of meeting His Wife Was> 30 years, Siri Hustvedt Who has aussi Become a novelist and essayist highly respecté. AP quotes Their daughter Describing her identity as `Jewegian 'Reflecting her dad's Polish and Jewish mother's Norwegian Lutheran roots.
Find PA's title and final words too pessimistic. At 64 MOST people view Would Rather Themselves as living in the Indian summer or autumn of Their Lives, not the start of winter. His Wikipedia entry Aim quotes _him_ as His Saying That drawer is empty, He Has run out of ideas for novel Reviews another ...