Complications from lung cancer, but I can’t imagine the stress and trauma of what happened with his son two years ago did much to help.
Mr Vertigo is one of my favourite books.
Looks like Lionel Barrymore
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 1, 2024 6:32 AM |
Oh no! Now I feel old.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 1, 2024 6:38 AM |
Who?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 1, 2024 7:02 AM |
I could not stand his writing. Couldn't read him.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 1, 2024 9:54 AM |
Auster was married to the writer Lydia Davis. They had one son together, Daniel Auster,who was arrested on April 16, 2022, and charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide in the death of his 10-month-old infant daughter, who consumed heroin and fentanyl he was using.
On April 26, 2022, Daniel, who was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia, died from an overdose. Daniel was also known for his association with the Club Kids and their ringleader Michael Alig, and was present during the killing of fellow Club Kid Andre Melendez.
Auster and his second wife, writer Siri Hustvedt (the daughter of professor and scholar Lloyd Hustvedt), were married in 1981, and they lived in Brooklyn, Together they had one daughter, Sophie Auster, a singer.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 1, 2024 10:04 AM |
Novelists, like actors, can sometimes be too self-involved to be good parents.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 5, 2024 4:43 AM |