siri hustvedt her husband on Instagram, Paul Auster, 76 years old, cancer patient. The author has written several paragraphs explaining the news and making a declaration of love. “To live land of cancer (the land of cancer) is a bombardment”. It means “to be on a tightrope that is not easy to walk”. But -the author of ‘Leer para ti’ concludes- real job Love. Hustvedt accompanies his animated text with a sweet photo of the couple taken on Christmas 2020.
Venerable author of ‘Brooklyn Follies’, a novel starring a lung cancer patient returning to Brooklyn, diagnosis cancer last month December after getting sick a few months ago. The author is being treated by doctors at Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York.
“Cancer is different for every patient. All people’s bodies are the same, but no two are the same. Some survive and some die. Living this truth closely changes everyday reality”, explains the philologist, who, like her husband, was awarded the Princess of Asturias.
After referring to the words you, me and us, the author assures that “it would be horrible to be alone in the Cancer Land.” Chemotherapy and immunotherapy, in addition to a bombardment, intimacy and separation. “You have to be close enough to feel like the treatment is yours and far enough to be real help. Too much empathy can render a person useless,” he concludes.