Praise for The Invention of Solitude "Moving, delicately perceived portraits of lives and relationship."
- The New York Times Book Review "Integrates heart and intellect, sensation and speculation. . .as it relentlessly tries to make sense of the shocks of living."
- Newsday "Eloquent. . .Paul Auster's memoir combines the subjects of time, language, and family into a beautifully moving and intelligent mosaic."
- Charles Baxter Praise for Paul Auster: "One of the great American prose stylists of our time."
–New York Times
"Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter."
–New York Review of Books
"One of the great writers of our time."
–San Francisco Chronicle
"Contemporary American writing at its best."
–New York Times Book Review, on Invisible
"A literary original who is perfecting a hybrid genre of his own."
–Wall Street Journal