I don't remember much about Music of Chance (something to do with trimming hedges, or I might be getting it confused with The Restraint of Beasts?) but I definitely remember the brutal ending.
New York Stories is "a good one, a boring one, a confusing one"
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 2 May 2024 10:25 (one month ago) link
Ah OK now I get some of the IG stories I was seeing last night. I'm still so angry at his son. Sucks though. RIP.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 2 May 2024 10:47 (one month ago) link
Never specifically thought of him as Brooklyn, more just NYC. When I think Brooklyn writers, I think Jonathan Lethem.
Anyway, RIP. In my college and post-college years, Auster loomed very large for me. I eventually found him a bit repetitive, but City of Glass remains all time for me. I should reread.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 2 May 2024 13:58 (one month ago) link