Epilogue: Paul Auster. Fiction and Authorship

Abstract

This text approaches the figure of Paul Auster from the perspective of a reader and writer, in that a writer is nothing more than a dissatisfied reader who strives to put down on paper the book he would like to find in his library. With this premise, I offer a reflection on I Thought My Father Was God, a work that brings together stories contributed by listeners of the US public radio, in a project in which Auster served as host and editor. By signing a work whose authors were others, multiple questions arise about originality, fiction, and the concept of authorship. In its questioning of literature and authorship, the book offers a vision of the writer as a mediator.