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This acclaimed collection of interwoven tales marks John Barth's first return to the short story form in nearly thirty years — and resoundingly reaffirms his status as "the reigning master of postmodernist fiction" (Kirkus Reviews). A middle-aged couple, vacationing at their "last resort", swap a series of twelve bedtime stories. Counting down toward a revelatory finale, these elegant tales — which touch on the idea of love and the love of ideas, quantum physics and physical pleasures, running jokes and running out of time — offer a playful, provocative, and emotionally resonant excursion through life and art.
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ISBN:
9780316082587
Subtitle:
(a floating opera )
Author:
Barth, John
Publisher:
Little, Brown
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
Novelists, American
Subject:
Autobiographical fiction
Subject:
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
1994
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Pages:
398 p.;
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