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Forty Stories

by Donald Barthelme

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Publisher Comments:

William H. Gass has written of Donald Barthelme that ?he has permanently enlarged our perception of the possibilities open to short fiction.? In Forty Stories, the companion volume to Sixty Stories, we encounter a dazzling array of subjects: Paul Klee, Goethe, Captain Blood, modern courtship, marriage and divorce, armadillos, and other unique Barthelmean flights of fancy. These pithy, brilliantly acerbic pieces tangle with the ludicrous, pose questions that remain unresolved, and challenge familiar bits of language heretofore unexamined. Forty Stories demonstrates Barthelme?s unrivaled ability to surprise, to stimulate, and to explore.

About the Author

Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) was the author of seventeen books and the winner of a National Book Award.

Rick Moody is the author of several books, most recently the memoir The Black Veil.

Table of Contents

Forty Stories Introduction by Dave Eggers

Chablis

On the Deck

The Genius

Opening

Sindbad

The Explanation

Concerning the Bodyguard

Rif

The Palace at Four A.M.

Jaws

Conversations with Goethe

Affection

The New Owner

Paul Klee

Terminus

The Educational Experience

Bluebeard

Departures

Visitors

The Wound

At the Tolstoy Museum

The Flight of Pigeons from the Palace

A Few Moments of Sleeping and Waking

The Temptation os St. Anthony

Sentence

Pepperoni

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friends

Lightning

The Catechist

Porcupines at the University

Sakrete

Captain Blood

110 West Sixty-First Street

The Film

Overnight to Many Distant Cities

Construction

Letters to the Editore

Great Days

The Baby

January

Product Details

ISBN:
9780142437810
Introduction:
Moody, Rick
Introduction:
Eggers, Dave
Introduction by:
Moody, Rick
Introduction by:
Eggers, Dave
Introduction:
Moody, Rick
Introduction:
Eggers, Dave
Author:
Eggers, Dave
Author:
Barthelme, Donald
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Subject:
General
Subject:
Short Stories (Anthologies)
Subject:
Experimental fiction, American
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Anthologies-General
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series:
Penguin Classics
Publication Date:
20050125
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
b/w illustrations throughout
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
7.79x5.04x.48 in. .42 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18

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