I just looked up Paul Auster after a video short pushed his writing. His name meant nothing to me. Both of his wives did. I have a penchant for Lydia Davis; a fat book of her short stories held a spot on my nightstand for more than a year. His second wife, Siri Hustvedt, happens to share an alma mater with me, so I already knew her work as well.
It sounds like A New York Trilogy is a good place to start for Paul’s work.
