The currents of fate and 'The Music of Chance.' (analysis of Paul Auster's novel) (Paul Auster/Danilo Kis): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction [HTML] (Digital)

by Paul Bray (Author)

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From the supplier: Paul Auster subverts most fictional conventions in 'The Music of Chance' and creates one of his own. The influences of Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges and Samuel Beckett can be traced in Auster's work. His unusual combination of these trends with a Whitmanian optimism makes his work unique. An example is 'The Music of Chance' in which he contextualizes magic realism in America though America seems like an unlikely locale for magic. The sinister mood in the mansion of Flower and Stone is set off by Jack Pozzi's faith in luck. Auster's message seems to be that there is purpose and pattern in life which can be found if people try sufficiently.

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Title: The currents of fate and 'The Music of Chance.' (analysis of Paul Auster's novel) (Paul Auster/Danilo Kis)
Author: Paul Bray
Publication: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1994
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v14 Issue: n1 Page: p83(4)

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