A walk by American writer Paul Auster’s world, his past —his family, his youth, his work—, and his present, which is the publication of his novel 4321 in January 2017, an exploration of human identity and a glimpse to the soul of New York, a city that Auster has depicted as nobody has ever done.
Explores the history and mystery of Migraine, and its remarkable place in the human condition. Migraine is a devastating but fascinating neurological condition with a compelling story to tell. Alice in Wonderland, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, and Joan Didion all figure into its colorful history.
Siri Hustvedt reveals unusually intimate things in My Life. Openly and directly she talks about her childhood, her life with three sisters and the everyday life as a writer with Paul Auster and daughter Sophie Auster in Brooklyn. A life without writing would be unthinkable for Siri Hustvedt.
Martin Frost (David Thewlis) es un exitoso novelista americano que acaba de publicar su última obra. Martin dedide descansar mentalmente en una pequeña casa de campo a las afuera de Nueva York. Al amanecer del primer día, descubre asombrado que una misteriosa y deslumbrante mujer (Irène Jacob) yace en la cama a su lado. Fascinando por su belleza, Martin cae hechizado. Ha encontrado su musa que le ayude a escribir su obra perfecta...
Iris, a 28-year-old studentin a big city, recently left by her boyfriend and too poor to pay her rent, begins to work for a strange old man. He wants Iris to precisely describe the trivial belongings of a dead woman, packed in white boxes, to keep the memory of the woman alive. Iris is disgusted and fascinated at the same time; reflecting on an invisible person's traces, she slowly becomes aware of her own wounds.
Original y extravagante revisión del mito de Don Juan. Después de ser abandonado por su última conquista (Delpy), Don Johnston (Bill Murray) recibe una carta anónima en la que se le informa de que tiene un hijo. Tan inesperada noticia lo impulsa a emprender un viaje en busca de sus antiguas amantes para resolver el misterio.
Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis, unfortunately not only feels bad but even worse and worse with each passing day. The migraine attacks she suffers from indeed keep her from working as hard as she should and in despair she decides to consult Doctor Fish. When the medicine the physician prescribes for her fails, Claire, who can't take it any more, asks him to hospitalize her. In hospital, Claire shares her room with Odette, a young woman who has lost the use of her legs and Eléonore, a frightening old woman. The third episode from "The Blindfold" by Siri Hustvedt.