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Baumgartner's life has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna. But now Anna is gone, and Baumgartner is embarking on his seventies whilst trying to live with her absence. Rich with compassion, wit and Auster's keen eye for beauty in the smallest, most transient episodes of ordinary life, Baumgartner is a tender late masterpiece of the ache of memory. It asks: why do we find such meaning in certain moments, and forget others?

Professor Seymour T. Baumgartner, unter Freunden Sy, ist ein über siebzigjähriger emeritierter Phänomenologe aus Princeton, der sich dem Schreiben philosophischer Bücher und, zunehmend, seinen Jugendreminiszenzen widmet: seiner kleinbürgerlichen Herkunft aus Newark; der schwierigen Ehe der Eltern, dem Collegebesuch und einem Studienaufenthalt in Paris; schließlich der wie ein Blitz einschlagenden Liebe zur Übersetzerin und Dichterin Anna, mit der er die glücklichsten Jahre verbrachte, bevor sie vor zehn Jahren einem Badeunfall zum Opfer fiel.

Vivir con miedo a perder es negarse a vivir. El esperado regreso a la novela de Paul Auster. Baumgartner es un eminente escritor y profesor universitario, tan excéntrico como increíblemente tierno, que hace nueve años perdió a su mujer. Su vida estuvo definida por el amor profundo y duradero que sentía hacia Anna y ahora, con 71 años, continúa luchando por vivir en su ausencia. Su historia común arranca en 1968, cuando se conocen como estudiantes sin dinero en Nueva York y a pesar de ser casi opuestos en muchos aspectos, inician una apasionada relación que se prolongará a lo largo de cuarenta años.

Professore di filosofia, vedovo da dieci anni, Seymour Baumgartner non si è mai rassegnato alla perdita dell'amata moglie Anna, traduttrice e poetessa, e affronta la vita con un senso di straniamento e una certa goffaggine. Nonostante le malinconie e gli acciacchi dell'età, però, Baumgartner è una persona affabile e generosa. Possiede la saggezza di chi ha vissuto e sa quanto sono importanti i rapporti umani, che vanno coltivati con cure continue e una buona dose di ironia e di umorismo.

Ronnie - or as Mrs. Baumgartner insists on calling her, Veronica - has been sitting for the Baumgartners so long she has practically become another member of the family. When the Baumgartners make her an offer she can't refuse, Ronnie jumps at the chance to work on her tan in the Florida Keys with "Doc" and "Mrs. B" under the pretense of watching the kids. Ronnie isn't the only one with ulterior motives, though, and she discovers that the Baumgartners have wayward plans for her.

Many moons ago, a new paper company named Dunder Mifflin opens in Scranton. On Halloween, just before midnight, one of its founders, the cringey yet lovable Ichabod Dunder, leaves on a sales call and never returns. The next morning, a Dunder Mifflin box is returned to the office. Inside is Ichabod Dunder’s head. So goes the legend of Headless Salesman, the lost soul who haunts Scranton every October 31st, a chilling whisper of that’s what she said jokes echoing down the streets. This Halloween, the ghost returns to hallowed ground.

It’s Christmas Eve at Scranton’s finest paper company, and Michael Scott is nowhere to be found. As the office dozes off after their raucous holiday party, two mysterious visitors sneak in: a Santa peddling holiday cheer and that’s what she said jokes, and his beet-loving, dutiful, right-hand elf. Armed with absurd gifts for the staff, tacky decorations for the office, and absolutely nothing good for Toby, the two prepare to give Dunder Mifflin a holiday they’ll never forget.

Janie has moved to New York to try to make it as a writer, all the while serving as part-time lover in a polyamorous relationship with Veronica and TJ and full-time nanny to their daughter, Beth. Janie's life is already incredibly full when she runs into an agent one morning who sees great potential in her - and not just as an author. As Janie's relationship with Josh blooms and her career takes off, Ronnie's happy surprise turns into a problem that even a vacation in a mountain cabin with the Baumgartners can't fix.

Henry's in trouble. He's gone from being a big fish in a little pond in his home town to being a very small fish in a much bigger pond at college, and he's just not keeping up. Instead of passing him through his classes because of his athletic ability like they did in high school, he discovers his professors actually mean it when they say he needs to do the work or he's going to fail his classes-and be kicked off the all-star hockey team.

Doc and Mrs. B have hired a new au pair, and she's crazy about the Baumgartners. Poor rejected Gretchen, fired from her previous job and still licking her wounds from a recent breakup, is desperately seeking the kind of attention and affection only the Baumgartners can offer. So why do they seem to thwart her advances at every turn? It isn't as if the polyamorous couple has been secretive about their fondness for threesomes.

Violet Baumgartner has opened her annual holiday letter the same way for the past three decades. And this year, she's going to throw her husband, Ed, a truly perfect retirement party, one worthy of memorializing in her upcoming letter. But the event becomes a disaster when, in front of 200 guests, Violet learns her daughter, Cerise, has been keeping a shocking secret from her, shattering Violet’s carefully constructed world.

Ich liebe nur dich! Ein Satz, der Gänsehaut bereitet. Valerie führt eine glückliche Beziehung, in der Manuel ihr Mittelpunkt ist. Zumindest sieht es ihr Umfeld so. Doch schon bald kann sie die blauen Flecken nicht mehr verbergen. Allerdings ist die größte Bedrohung nicht das, was sich hinter den geschlossenen Türen ihrer Wohnung abspielt. Ihr Albtraum beginnt, als sie sich am sichersten fühlt. Ist ihr gesamtes Leben eine Lüge? Der Kampf um die Wahrheit beginnt.

Dylan Roche is shocked. The 25-year-old management trainee is astonished by the visit of an attorney. After years of blissful ignorance of his heritage, he is leery of the invitation to visit his wealthy maternal grandmother.

It's 1976. Dr. Colin Sanford, a brilliant, ambitious obstetrician in the Pacific Northwest city of Emerald, has a plan to create the first in vitro baby. He recruits Dr. Giselle Hearn, an experienced laboratory geneticist/embryologist at the university who’s frustrated by the ultraconservative policies of her department chairman. Drs. Sanford and Hearn, working secretly, set out to put their names in the history books. Unfortunately, a secret that big is hard to keep....

Carrie swore off men after a relationship-gone-bad and is perfectly happy with her roommate and lover, Maureen - until she discovers Steve Baumgartner ("Call me 'Doc,' everybody does") in a very compromising - and decidedly sexy - position. Meeting Doc complicates things, but when Maureen's very religious boyfriend becomes a real threat and the gang goes to Key West for summer break, Carrie finds herself swept away by circumstance into a whirlwind of lust and sexual discovery.

Danielle Stuart is spending a year abroad studying in Venice, but while she loves the romance of the language and the beauty of country, she finds herself more and more confused by her growing feelings for a gondolier named Nico and her now ex-husband, Mason, who has shown up on her doorstep looking to reconcile. Desperate Dani writes to the Baumgartners in hopes her former lovers might help her clarify her muddled emotions. Finding herself torn between the two men, she reveals her dizzying dilemma, only to discover, thanks to the Baumgartner's insight, that she may not have to choose after all.