“Other Notes” is a 104-chapter solitaire novel, which—like 104 cards—can be shuffled and listened to in the order suggested by the author, or you can gather two decks and try to trace the story linearly. This book is about the origins of silence: the invisible reasons that cultivate it, and how traumatic unsaid things are; about the birth of music and a person, about death—music and a person, betrayal, grief, and overcoming oneself. We often wish we could live our lives differently—to become someone else or even trade places with someone. But can you change your life and enter the same river twice if the solitaire doesn’t work out?