Siri Hustvedt's memoir 'Ghost Stories' recounts 43 years with Paul Auster after his death from lung cancer

Summary

Siri Hustvedt's memoir 'Històries de fantasmes' (Ghost Stories) opens with the stark line "I am alive. My husband, Paul Auster, is dead." The book recounts the 43-year relationship between Hustvedt and the late author Paul Auster, written after the "horrible years" following his lung cancer diagnosis. The memoir moves back and forth in time, reconstructing their life together and the difficult period of his illness.