The Music of Chance
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The Music of Chance is a 1990 novel by Paul Auster that follows two drifters drawn into a bizarre, existential ordeal after a high-stakes poker game leaves them indebted to two eccentric millionaires.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | The Music of Chance (1993 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Paul Auster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Jack Pozzi is a young professional poker player
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Jim Nashe is a former fireman and drifter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| filmAdaptationActor |
James Spader
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ⓘ
Mandy Patinkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Philip Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Leviathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
existential fiction
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novel ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-670-82888-8 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
debt
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labor and exploitation ⓘ poker ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jack Pozzi
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Jim Nashe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
games of chance
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imprisonment ⓘ walls ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | linear ⓘ |
| notableCharacters |
Flower
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Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 217 ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul Auster bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two drifters lose a high-stakes poker game and become indebted to two eccentric millionaires, leading to a bizarre ordeal building a wall on their estate. ⓘ |
| precededBy | Moon Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingDetail | primarily on the estate of two millionaires ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdity of existence
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alienation ⓘ chance ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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