"She buckles over, and with her arms folded across her chest, she howls at the insensate walls, I want you back. I want you back."
A memoir recounts the lives of Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt after Paul’s death in 2024, a little over a year after a cancer diagnosis. Paul wanted to live on as a ghost, and his presence is felt throughout daily life and language. Hustvedt describes walking through the house, speaking to herself, and experiencing intermittent collapse. She recalls a dining-room chair associated with Paul’s daily routines, including scratches left by his weight. After his death, those traces become reminders that intensify grief. She buckles over and howls at the walls, demanding his return. The memoir also centers on cognitive splintering as a feature of grief.
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