{"product_id":"the-music-of-chance-9780140154078","title":"The Music of Chance","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"exceptional\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) novel of fate, loyalty, responsibility, and the real meaning of freedom with \"all the suspense and pace of a bestselling thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), from renowned author Paul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rich, dazzling performance . . . a tour de force about freedom and imprisonment, motion and stasis, order and randomness . . . its story beautifully paced and shaped, its tone powerfully ominous.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a Pennsylvania meadow, a young fireman and an angry gambler are forced to build a wall of fifteenth-century stone. For Jim Nashe, it all started when he came into a small inheritance and left Boston in pursuit of \"a life of freedom.\" Careening back and forth across the United States, waiting for the money to run out, Nashe meets Jack Pozzi, a young man with a temper and a plan. With Nashe's last funds, they enter a poker game against two rich eccentrics. But when their plans backfire, Jim and Jack are indentured by their elusive marks, who order them to erect a meaningless wall with bricks gathered from ruins of an Irish castle. Time passes, their debts mount, and anger builds as the two struggle to dig themselves out of their Kafkaesque serfdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Paul Auster's world of fiendish bargains and punitive whims, where chance is a shifting and powerful force, there is nonetheless redemption in Nashe's resolute quest for justice and his capacity for love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other works. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. His other honors include the Prix Médicis étranger for \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for \u003ci\u003eBurning Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646570238226,"sku":"9780140154078","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_457629b8-0ca5-4b7c-b286-cb56d3a749b6.jpg?v=1733180336","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-music-of-chance-9780140154078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}