Siri Hustvedt: Paul Auster's Haunted Books

Name: Siri Hustvedt: Paul Auster's Haunted Books
Start: 2026-10-05T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-05T20:30:00+02:00
Location: Universitetsbiblioteket i Fiolstræde

took place · 5 Oct 2026

Universitetsbiblioteket i Fiolstræde, Copenhagen

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Siri Hustvedt and Norman Finkelstein discuss how haunting in various forms recurs throughout Paul Auster's literary work.

About the venue: Universitetsbiblioteket i Fiolstræde

The University Library in Fiolstræde is a historic library building from 1861, designed by architect Johan Daniel Herholdt after winning Denmark's very first architectural competition. It served as a university library for 148 years until 2009, then reopened in October 2023 as a public venue for the University of Copenhagen. The centrepiece is a two-storey reading hall with cast-iron structures; today the building hosts research outreach, exhibitions and public events.

Fiolstræde 1, 1171 København K Get directions

About: Siri Hustvedt

At this event, the American author reflects on grief and the sense of haunting that followed her husband Paul Auster's death, the very theme running through her new memoir "Ghost Stories".

years of marriage with Paul Auster

30+

language her books are translated into

published novels

30-60%

of the bereaved experience according to Hustvedt a form of "grief hallucination"

What's new

2026-10
Siri Hustvedt appears in Copenhagen in a conversation with Norman Finkelstein about ghosts and haunting in Paul Auster's literary work.
2026-06
In interviews, Hustvedt talks about a strong sense of her deceased husband's presence on the day of the funeral and connects the experience to neuroscientific research on grief.
2026-05
At the PEN World Voices Festival, she spoke with author Katie Kitamura about the book, which she described as a form of "resurrection".

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Tracks

Ghost Stories: A Memoir of Love & Griefmemoir from 2026 about marriage to Paul Auster and his death

What I Lovedinternational bestseller from 2003, her most famous novel

The Blazing Worldnovel from 2014, nominated for Man Booker Prize

The Summer Without Meninternational bestseller

The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nervesmemoir and essay book about neurology and body from 2010

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