I Thought My Father Was God, Paul Auster
I Thought My Father Was God, Paul Auster
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I Thought My Father Was God

Author: Paul Auster

Narrator: Paul Auster

Abridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/10/2004


Synopsis

When Paul Auster was asked to join NPR's Weekend All Things Considered program to tell stories, he turned the proposition on its head: he would let the stories come to him. He invited listeners to submit brief, true-life anecdotes about events that touched their lives.And so the National Story Project was born. just over a year old, it's one of NPR's most popular features. The response has been so overwhelming, with more than 4,000 stories submitted so far, that Auster decided to cull the top works andmake them available in a book -- and now this audio tape. His selections -- hilarious blunders, wrenching coincidences, brushes with death, miraculous encounters, improbable ironies -- come from people of all ages and walks of life.This one-of-a-kind collection is a testament to the power of storytelling that offers a glimpse into the American soul. By turns poignant, nostalgic, funny and strange, it is an audiobook to be treasured and shared for years to come.

About Paul Auster

Paul Auster is the bestselling author of Oracle Night, The Book of Illusions, and Timbuktu. I Thought My Father Was God, the NPR National Story Project anthology, which he edited, was also a national bestseller. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on May 16, 2018

In 2003 I bought a copy of True Tales of American Life, edited and introduced by Paul Auster. The copy was second hand and was inscribed on the title page To Fluffykins Bunny Love from the Rabbit with Medium Sized ears xxx I wondered who these creeps were. I tried reading the book and got bogged down ar......more

Goodreads review by Alice on February 26, 2008

This is the perfect book to read before bed, because you can read it in tiny chunks, but it's also the worst book to read before bed, because you think, "just one more tiny chunk! Look how tiny!" and then you've read 30 more and it's 2 a.m. I love this book. It's hard to believe that there are so ma......more

Goodreads review by Marco on November 25, 2012

"Non so cosa sia più straziante: il dolore manifestato apertamente o quello sopportato di nascosto per non affliggere coloro che amiamo. Ma so che quella sera nel seminterrato ci stringemmo l'uno all'altra e sfogammo tutta l'infelicità che ci aveva condotti ai nostri segreti e solitari muri del p......more

Goodreads review by Ana on August 27, 2019

Brilhante! Um desafio lançado ao comum mortal americano resultou num belo livro recheado de histórias simples, tristes ou hilariantes, geniais! Algumas fizeram-me rir muito, outras sorrir pela delicadeza e ingenuidade, outras deixaram-me pensativa ou em pranto. Posso dizer que a ideia de não devolve......more

Goodreads review by María on July 25, 2016

AMO a este libro. No es realmente de Paul Auster, sino que es sobre anécdotas reales que él recopiló a través de un programa de radio. Yo no he leído cosas todavía suyas, así que no puedo decir mucho de su habilidad como autor, pero igual se nota que hubo una mano literata que arregló los relatos po......more