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Where Three Roads Meet

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From the National Book Award winner, three linked novellas that "will stretch your mind, challenge your thoughts, and bend your reality" ( Charlotte Observer).John Barth, "one of the greatest novelists of our time" ( Washington Post Book World) and "the master of experimental fiction" ( Details), presents a lively triad of tales that delight in the many possibilities of language and its users.The ... Read more

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From the National Book Award winner, three linked novellas that "will stretch your mind, challenge your thoughts, and bend your reality" ( Charlotte Observer).John Barth, "one of the greatest novelists of our time" ( Washington Post Book World) and "the master of experimental fiction" ( Details), presents a lively triad of tales that delight in the many possibilities of language and its users.The
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Postscripts

by John Barth ...

Series series American Literature
Proving himself yet again a master of every form, Barth conquers in his latest the ruminative short essay—“jeux d’esprits,” as Barth describes them. These mostly one-page tidbits pay homage to Barth’s literary influences while retaining his trademark self-consciousness and willingness to play. ... Read more

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Proving himself yet again a master of every form, Barth conquers in his latest the ruminative short essay—“jeux d’esprits,” as Barth describes them. These mostly one-page tidbits pay homage to Barth’s literary influences while retaining his trademark self-consciousness and willingness to play.
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Sot-Weed Factor

by John Barth ...

Series series Dalkey Archive Essentials
This is Barth's most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is "one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world since Candide.""A feast. Dense, funny, endlessly inventive (and, OK, yes, long-winded) this satire of the eighteenth-century picaresque novel—think Fielding's Tom Jones or Sterne's Tristram Shandy—is ... Read more

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This is Barth's most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is "one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world since Candide.""A feast. Dense, funny, endlessly inventive (and, OK, yes, long-winded) this satire of the eighteenth-century picaresque novel—think Fielding's Tom Jones or Sterne's Tristram Shandy—is
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Chimera

by John Barth ...

Series series Dalkey Archive Essentials
A National Book Award winner, this bawdy, comic trio of novellas finds John Barth injecting his signature wit into three tales many times told: that of Scheherazade, storyteller of the Thousand and One Nights; of Perseus, slayer of Medusa; and of Bellerophon, rider of Pegasus and slayer of the Chimera. ... Read more

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A National Book Award winner, this bawdy, comic trio of novellas finds John Barth injecting his signature wit into three tales many times told: that of Scheherazade, storyteller of the Thousand and One Nights; of Perseus, slayer of Medusa; and of Bellerophon, rider of Pegasus and slayer of the Chimera.
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The Development

by John Barth ...

"A merry satire about the smart, moneyed, and demanding retirees living in a gated community . . . Scintillating on the surface and churning with danger below" ( Booklist).From a National Book Award–winning author, this is a collection of "nine darkly comic stories set in a gated community on Maryland's Eastern Shore" ( Publishers Weekly).Something has disturbed the comfortably aging denizens of ... Read more

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"A merry satire about the smart, moneyed, and demanding retirees living in a gated community . . . Scintillating on the surface and churning with danger below" ( Booklist).From a National Book Award–winning author, this is a collection of "nine darkly comic stories set in a gated community on Maryland's Eastern Shore" ( Publishers Weekly).Something has disturbed the comfortably aging denizens of
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The End of the Road

by John Barth ...

Series series American Literature
John Barth’s second book -- a philosophical black comedy -- “a true novel of ideas” (New York Times).Struck with a sudden case of “cosmopsis,” a nihilistic paralysis that occurs in those unable to act amid a sea of choice, Jacob Horner turns to the enigmatic, questionably credentialed Doctor for help. The Doctor prescribes Jake a series of therapeutic treatments, one of which involves his ... Read more

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John Barth’s second book -- a philosophical black comedy -- “a true novel of ideas” (New York Times).Struck with a sudden case of “cosmopsis,” a nihilistic paralysis that occurs in those unable to act amid a sea of choice, Jacob Horner turns to the enigmatic, questionably credentialed Doctor for help. The Doctor prescribes Jake a series of therapeutic treatments, one of which involves his
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Collected Stories

John Barth

by John Barth ...

Series series American Literature
When John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse appeared in 1968, American fiction was turned on its head. Barth’s writing was not a response to the realistic fiction that characterized American literature at the time; it beckoned back to the founders of the novel: Cervantes, Rabelais, and Sterne, echoing their playfulness and reflecting the freedom inherent in the writing of fiction.This collection of ... Read more

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When John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse appeared in 1968, American fiction was turned on its head. Barth’s writing was not a response to the realistic fiction that characterized American literature at the time; it beckoned back to the founders of the novel: Cervantes, Rabelais, and Sterne, echoing their playfulness and reflecting the freedom inherent in the writing of fiction.This collection of
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Lost in the Funhouse (National Book Award Finalist)

by John Barth ...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • John Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction exploring themes of purpose and the meaning of existence."[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." —The New York TimesFrom its opening story, "Frame-Tale"--printed ... Read more

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • John Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction exploring themes of purpose and the meaning of existence."[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." —The New York TimesFrom its opening story, "Frame-Tale"--printed
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Giles Goat-Boy

by John Barth ...

**From the author of National Book Award-nominated Lost in the Funhouse, comes an outrageously farcical adventure that challenges our notions of technology, power, and human nature."[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." —The New York Times**Giles Goat-Boy tells the story of a human boy raised as a ... Read more

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**From the author of National Book Award-nominated Lost in the Funhouse, comes an outrageously farcical adventure that challenges our notions of technology, power, and human nature."[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." —The New York Times**Giles Goat-Boy tells the story of a human boy raised as a
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Every Third Thought

A Novel in Five Seasons

by John Barth ...

John Barth stays true to form in Every Third Thought, written from the perspective of a character Barth introduced in his short story collection The Development.George I. Newett and his wife Amanda Todd lived in the gated community of Heron Bay Estates until its destruction by a fluke tornado. This event, Newett notes, occurred on the 77th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash, a detail that ... Read more

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John Barth stays true to form in Every Third Thought, written from the perspective of a character Barth introduced in his short story collection The Development.George I. Newett and his wife Amanda Todd lived in the gated community of Heron Bay Estates until its destruction by a fluke tornado. This event, Newett notes, occurred on the 77th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash, a detail that
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Final Fridays

by John Barth ...

For decades, acclaimed author John Barth has strayed from his Monday–through–Thursday–morning routine of fiction–writing and dedicated Friday mornings to the muse of nonfiction. The result is Final Fridays, his third essay collection, following The Friday Book (1984) and Further Fridays (1995). Sixteen years and six novels since his last volume of non–fiction, Barth delivers yet another remarkable ... Read more

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For decades, acclaimed author John Barth has strayed from his Monday–through–Thursday–morning routine of fiction–writing and dedicated Friday mornings to the muse of nonfiction. The result is Final Fridays, his third essay collection, following The Friday Book (1984) and Further Fridays (1995). Sixteen years and six novels since his last volume of non–fiction, Barth delivers yet another remarkable
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Not-Knowing

The Essays and Interviews

by Donald Barthelme, Kim Herzinger ...

The wildly varied essays in Not–Knowing combine to form a posthumous manifesto of one of America's masters of literary experiment. Here are Barthelme's thoughts on writing (his own and others); his observations on art, architecture, film, and city life; interviews, including two previously unpublished; and meditations on everything from Superman III to the art of rendering "Melancholy Baby" on ... Read more

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The wildly varied essays in Not–Knowing combine to form a posthumous manifesto of one of America's masters of literary experiment. Here are Barthelme's thoughts on writing (his own and others); his observations on art, architecture, film, and city life; interviews, including two previously unpublished; and meditations on everything from Superman III to the art of rendering "Melancholy Baby" on
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