The editor
of the book, Paul Auster (1947- ), is a well known American author
whose writing blends absurdism, existentialism,crime,fiction,
and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as the New York Trilogy (1987),Moon Palace(1989), the Music of Chance(1990),the Book of Illusions(2002), and the Brooklyn Follies(2005). He is also
the vice-president of Pen Aerican Cwenter.
I Thought My Father was God is the true-life stories
in this unique collection provide "a window into the American mind and
heart" (The Daily News). One hundred and eighty voices - male and
female, young and old, from all walks of life and all over the country - talk
intimately to the reader. Combining great humor and pathos this remarkable
selection of stories from the thousands submitted to NPR's Weekend All
Things Considered National Story Project gives the reader a glimpse of
America's soul in all its diversity.(this paragraph quoted
from : http://us.macmillan.com/ithoughtmyfatherwasgod/PaulAuster).
