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From: Critique[(essay date winter 2004) In the following essay, Oberman evaluates the existential dilemma of Auster's protagonist in The Music of Chance against the cultural and economic backdrop of late-capitalism.] I admire the...
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From: Paul Auster and Postmodern Quest: On the Road to Nowhere[(essay date 2002) In the following essay, Shiloh chronicles the interplay of random events and fate in The Music of Chance and applies Aristotle's study of tragedy to the novel's formal elements.] Chance is an...
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From: Modern Fiction Studies[(essay date summer 2002) In the following essay, Walker chronicles the transformation of identity through criminal acts in Auster's work, highlighting the author's tendency to subvert familiar literary genres.] I had...
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From: The Spectator[(review date 29 November 1997) In the following review, Connolly offers unfavorable assessment of Hand to Mouth.] I hope that this book doesn't mean that there's something the matter with Paul Auster. He is the most...
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From: New Statesman[(review date 14 October 2002) In the following review, Mundy contends that Auster successfully combines "metaphysical playfulness with human seriousness" in The Book of Illusions and declares it the author's best work.]...
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From: New Statesman[(review date 14 November 1997) In the following review, Mundy offers unfavorable assessment of Hand to Mouth.] "We're talking about your life," proclaims a character in Paul Auster's first novel, Squeeze Play....