"The Music of Chance" is a paradoxical book, but in a good sense. The main chracters and the story are to a great extent driven along by a series of seemingly random events, leading to a conclusion that can only be described as fateful. | Paradox, uncertainty, and absolute control from above, create a sense tension that doesn't let you stop reading easily. Which might be suprising, since large...

"The Music of Chance" is a paradoxical book, but in a good sense. The main chracters and the story are to a great extent driven along by a series of seemingly random events, leading to a conclusion that can only be described as fateful. | Paradox, uncertainty, and absolute control from above, create a sense tension that doesn't let you stop reading easily. Which might be suprising, since large...

In the country of last Things beschreibt die Suche von Anna Blume nach ihrem Bruder in einer Stadt, die in ihren letzten Zügen liegt. Die Gesellschaft hat sich längst aufgelöst, alle versuchen nur zu überleben. Das ist wunderbar beschrieben und auch schlüssig und interessant, aber gerade (insbesondere am Anfang) auch ziemlich düster. In sofern ist das Buch nicht so zugänglich wie andere...

Vermont professor David Zimmer is a broken man. The protagonist of Paul Auster's 10th novel, The Book of Illusions, hits a period in which life seemed to be working aggressively against him. After his wife and sons are killed in an airplane crash, Zimmer becomes an alcoholic recluse, fond of emptying his bottle of sleeping pills into his palm, contemplating his next move. But one night,...

Beim Lesen des Romans hat man den Eindruck eines riesigen Puzzles, bei welchem sich Seite um Seite die Teile zusammenfügen, wobei allerdings ein überraschendes Ende alles wieder in Frage stellt und man am Ende des Romans unweigerlich zu blättern beginnt, um Details aus einer neuen Perspektive zu bewerten und so Antworten auf die zahllosen offenen Fragen zu ergattern. | Das Buch liest sch wie...