Paul Auster read novel in the Estoril festival

The North American is one of the members of the Estoril Film Festival jury, which now promotes a meeting between the author and his admirers. The book "Man in Darkness' comes to stores next week. 'Invisible', his successor, is now complete and should be edited in 2009
Paul Auster is one of the great names of American letters. Man in Darkness (Man in the dark), edited in the U.S. in August, enough Portuguese to stores next week, but his successor is already written. "It's called Invisible. In principle leaves the United States within a year, in November." Today, the author will read excerpts from the new book at the film festival in Estoril, in a meeting with the public.

Over the years, the writer from Brooklyn was distinguished with several literary prizes, but not the books that were brought to Portugal. The novelist and occasional director is a member of the Estoril Film Festival jury. "Such events are becoming increasingly important because the distribution system for small films are collapsed all over the world," he believes. "Launching a movie is so expensive that it becomes impossible to see anything other than work in more commercial cinemas."

In Estoril will judge the work of other filmmakers, though usually not give any value to what the critics write. "Many people get certain works, whether books, films or plays, angry. They want to hate them after giving them cable, if you're in this spirit that is precisely what will happen," recalls. "You can kick the Tolstoy or Shakespeare with great facilities and construct a coherent argument. It is very easy to do that."

The writer had to combat these prejudices about a year ago, when the film The Inner Life of Martin Frost was devastated by the criticism. "People do not like when someone do something that usually does something completely different." But in his view, this versatility is essential. "There is the idea that the writers make movies to make money, but in my case the opposite occurs. However, these experiences help me to overcome my limits, to change my way of thinking."

The experience behind the cameras may have enriched Auster, but at the moment is not connected "to any project in the movies", having shot a final project in Portugal. "I think it's a country very friendly and welcoming. I love to be here." However, their relationship with the country not to be here. In 2004, placed a notebook made in Portugal in the center of the story of The Night of Oracle. A year ago found situate the action of a novel in Portugal but discarded that idea. "It worked and I doubt that someday will do it."