Music of Chance
by Paul Auster | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0571203035 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0571203035 Global Overview for this book
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Kinokuniya Sale, Umeda 9, December 2005
Reserved for woosang in honour of her discovering an interest in Auster
Journal Entry 3 by SKingList at RABCK in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, June 6, 2006
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Two wonderful books from a generous lovely bookcrosser! Thank you very very much!
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A new book, Unread by it past two readers. I hope I have found it a new appretiative home
Merry Xmas!
A new book, Unread by it past two readers. I hope I have found it a new appretiative home
Merry Xmas!
Thanks very much to woosang for my secret santa present! Two books - both on the 1001 books list. I'm looking forward to reading them in 2008 :-)
Merry Xmas!
Merry Xmas!
I've not read any Paul Auster before this year, but this is the second of his I've read this year (the first being Moon Palace). I see some real similarities between 'The Music of Chance' and 'Moon Palace', although there was a huge difference in how I ingested each book - 'Moon Palace' took weeeeeks of incremental reading. 'The Music of Chance' took me a couple of days - with the majority of the book engulfed in a single night where it had become so compelling that it kept me from my sleep.
I guess that means I enjoyed the book :-)
Both books have a main character who start the novel - perhaps self destructively - getting rid of their possessions and dis engaging from life. In the case of the protagonist from The Music of Chance, Jim Nashe's course is changed when he meets a young hustler called Jack Pozzi and they team up to con a couple of 'naive' millionares in a poker game. As they lose successive bets, they must work off their debt by manually building a stone wall. It's never clear - indeed it becomes increasing unclear - as to whether this is just bad luck or whether the millionaires and their employees are actively conspiring to keep Jim and Jack there. On the face of it, it's a fairly simple tale, however for me Auster brings up some very interesting ideas about what constitutes freedom and what place chance has in that.
Anyway, I don't know if I can say I *love* Auster's work, but I did enjoy this and would happily read more. The book is now off to DrChris as part of the Oz VBB (http://vbboz.blogspot.com/)
I guess that means I enjoyed the book :-)
Both books have a main character who start the novel - perhaps self destructively - getting rid of their possessions and dis engaging from life. In the case of the protagonist from The Music of Chance, Jim Nashe's course is changed when he meets a young hustler called Jack Pozzi and they team up to con a couple of 'naive' millionares in a poker game. As they lose successive bets, they must work off their debt by manually building a stone wall. It's never clear - indeed it becomes increasing unclear - as to whether this is just bad luck or whether the millionaires and their employees are actively conspiring to keep Jim and Jack there. On the face of it, it's a fairly simple tale, however for me Auster brings up some very interesting ideas about what constitutes freedom and what place chance has in that.
Anyway, I don't know if I can say I *love* Auster's work, but I did enjoy this and would happily read more. The book is now off to DrChris as part of the Oz VBB (http://vbboz.blogspot.com/)
Thanks for this. I am always happy to pick up a 1001 book. And then observe it make itself at home among all my TBRs...
