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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 0385240872
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100110882
- Release Date: April 1, 1988
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- #273 in Short Stories (single author) (See Top 100 Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Lost in the Funhouse" by John Barth to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Lost in the Funhouse"Browse more products related to "John Barth"Review"The Thalian design of the book paradoxically, paradigmatically, and parodically reaffirms Barth's continuing commitment to the Western literary traditions, its history, conventions, and developing forms." "Of the 14 short fictions in LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE, only three could be called 'stories' in the old-fashioned sense of character, point of view, and linear development...and, in the context of the highly experimental fictions surrounding them, these stories appear as dinosaurs in a mirror-lined museum." "For all his hankering to experiment, Mr. Barth does not change his style, one of the most plastic and delightful in American writing today....His real interest is in the reader and in the metaphysical plight of imagination engaging with imagination." "Enormous vitality and virtuosity...taken together, as Barth urges they should be, these fictions interreact to produce a series of constantly changing and enticingly illusive forms. Barth's cunning is to turn daily life into mythology while turning mythology into domestic comedy... " "We are all very much richer for this man...Barth, almost alone among his fellows, will have none of bloodless abstractions. Among his many styles, what is most distinctive is his toughness, the quick march of his verbs, his reliance on muscular Anglo-Saxon locutions, his puns." "Brilliantly written... The funhouse image, of course, lets Barth operate in his natural habitat, seeking truth between laughs and grotesque smiles of irony...[now] he has produced a finely drawn, often funny and fascinating picture of, pardon the expression, the creative process." Publisher's noteBarth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning. AnnotationFourteen experimental interconnected stories from 1968, subtitled "Fiction for Print, Tape, Live Voice," that in Barth's opinion are "best when read aloud or recorded on tape." If You Enjoy "Lost in the Funhouse (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Lost in the Funhouse (Paperback)" by John Barth (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers
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