Siri Hustvedt

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.

Um escritor de sucesso acabou de publicar o seu último romance e decide ir descansar sozinho para uma casa de campo. Na manhã do seu primeiro dia na casa, ele descobre uma misteriosa e surpreendente mulher deitada a seu lado. Fascinado pela sua beleza e inteligência, Martin apaixona-se profundamente por ela. Ele encontrou a musa que o leva sem remissão a escrever o seu livro mais perfeito. Mas quem é essa estranha mulher que tão bem conhece a sua vida e o seu trabalho? Será uma musa verdadeira? Ou imaginária? Ou um fantasma que se introduziu na vida interior de Martin Frost?

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.

Don Johnston é um solteirão convicto, que terminou recentemente mais um namoro. Repentinamente ele recebe uma carta cor-de-rosa, que diz que ele possui um filho de 19 anos. Surpreso e curioso, Don decide então partir pelos Estados Unidos em busca do filho desconhecido.

Um gênio da computação residente em San Francisco e que ganhou milhões trabalhando no mercado digital conhece uma bela stripper em um clube. Imediatamente eles se sentem atraídos um pelo outro e partem rumo a Las Vegas onde, por três dias, irão explorar os limites de suas sexualidades e a natureza da paixão e do prazer.

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.