56K views · 630 reactions | ‘The once solid reality that I believed in as a dim-witted child turned out to be a useless way to think about the world’ – Paul Auster (Official) on the most important experience of his young life, a story he told during his London Review Bookshop event last month. Find out more about what’s coming up at the bookshop: lrb.me/jc0 | London Review of Books | Facebook

18K views · 225 reactions | "The great aches and sorrows of any human life is saying goodbye to people you don't want to say goodbye to" - US novelist Paul Auster (Official) speaks movingly about life and loss. | BBC Newsnight | Facebook