The book has two histories 1) Portrait of an Invisible Man and 2) the book of memory. The first history is an autobiography of Paul Auster regarding his father’s death. While Auster organize his father’s personal objects after his death, he reminds of moments of his relationship with his father. Through his objects he starts or at least he tries to understand his dad better. The book describes very intimate thoughts about their relationship; however a lot of things remain unsolved for the Author. The handling of this father´s objects also leads him to the discovery about his family's history. It is very well written. The book has some quotes in between and some of them are very interesting such as the memory is the space where a thing happens for the second time, which is actually what the book is about. Those who have very reserved relatives or parents (which I mean those who seems emotionally detached and disconnected from family) will be linked with the Author’s main issues. "The Book of Memory," is a bit hard to read, the reading does not flow as the first part. It is a more abstract reading and it is about different issues in a life of an author. It is autobiographical with commentaries on the nature of chance interspersed with family, solitude and language. It seems like an experiment of sitting in a room with a blank paper and then, writes what comes to the mind in a very free style but at the same time focusing a subject. It must be interesting to do. It is not so attracting as the first part of the book.
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