Forty Stories - Hardcover

Barthelme, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399132996 ISBN 13: 9780399132995

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1987

Synopsis

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 this title

Review:

...a voice that remains uniquely rewarding and often sounds ageless. (The New York Times Book Review)

About the Author:

Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) published twelve books, including two novels and a prize-winning children's book. He was a regular contributor to the New Yorker and taught creative writing at the University of Houston. In his career, he won a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Book Award, and a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, among others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0399132996
• ISBN 13: 9780399132995
• Binding: Hardcover