The Music of Chance

Name: The Music of Chance
Author: Paul Auster

by Paul Auster

Two musicians trapped in a mansion playing an eternal card game for freedom

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Paul Auster

American novelist and filmmaker whose metafictional New York novels explore chance, identity, and the nature of storytelling. His spare, enigmatic prose draws on detective fiction conventions to probe existential questions. He was a central figure in American postmodern literature.

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