![]() ![]() It’s also marvellous: part biography, part literary criticism. His subject, the turn-of-the-century novelist and poet Stephen Crane, lived a short life – he died at 28 and his complete works could be read in a weekend. Now, in one of his regular forays into nonfiction, he has written, at 800 pages, another absolute unit of a book. His Booker-shortlisted 4 3 2 1 was almost 1,000 pages of speculative fiction, looking at the various paths a life could take. “So much better than these terrible little squares on a screen.” Known for his elegant, lapidary novels – The New York Trilogy and Moon Palace are more than 30 years old now – Auster’s later career has seen him in more expansive form. “I much prefer telephone calls,” he says. ![]() We’re speaking on the telephone and it’s in his bedroom that his reception is best. ![]()
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