A review by wmbogart
The Music of Chance by Paul Auster

There’s a momentum to the novel even as it moves into totally different registers. It can abruptly shift from hilarious to deeply unsettling within a single passage. I understand this is common in Auster’s writing. It’s interesting.

There’s an openness to the imagery and the plot too; interpretations are occasionally suggested, but elements are frequently left unresolved or undefined. Part character study, part meditation on chance, risk, freedom (quote-unquote), and labor. Mostly liked it!