Das rote Notizbuch

Paul Auster's literary manifesto, a unique Ars poetica in short stories. How does chance affect our lives, and what lies behind it? These questions run through Paul Auster's body of work. In a red notebook, he has recorded over the years 25 true yet fantastical stories from his life and that of friends and acquaintances. A burnt onion pie, a wrong phone number, a boy struck by lightning, a forgotten note in a Paris hotel room – these and other incidents trigger strange events and simultaneously lead to a manifesto of pure storytelling.