The Red Notebook (A New Directions Pearl)

Truth is stranger than fiction, and The Red Notebook chronicles Auster’s own strange“true stories”

The Red Notebook stories, pulled from Auster’s own life or from the lives of those close to him, are explorations of unexpected coincidences. A wrong number becomes the genesis for a famous novel; a hero appears at an inopportune moment; a lightning storm harries a group of campers; a daughter plunges from a terrifying height only to land improbably safely; a Paul Auster imposter materializes. Like a magic show, The Red Notebook demonstrates that “there is much to life that is special and serendipitous ― if only we allow ourselves to perceive it this way” (The Washington Post).