The Story of My Typewriter is a 2002 book, by Paul Auster, mostly with pictures by the painter Sam Messer.[1] It is about the author's old Olympia (de) typewriter. Auster bought the typewriter in 1974 from an old college friend who had owned it since 1962. Allegedly, everything Auster has written since has been typed on it.
 First edition | |
| Author | Paul Auster |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Sam Messer |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Autobiography |
| Publisher | Distributed Art Publishers |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 63 |
| ISBN | 1891024329 |
| OCLC | 606639033 |
| 813.54 | |
| LC Class | PS3551.U77 |
Reception
editPublishers Weekly described the book as "undeniably odd but captivating", praising both Auster's writing and Messer's artwork.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mark Brown (2007). Paul Auster. Manchester University Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-7190-7397-7.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Story of My Typewriter by Paul Auster". Publishers Weekly. 2002-10-07. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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