Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews - Softcover

Barthelme, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593761732 ISBN 13: 9781593761738

Publisher: Counterpoint, 2008

Synopsis

When Donald Barthelme died at the age of 54 he was perhaps the most imitated (if not emulated) practitioner of American literature. Caustic, slyly observant, transgressive and verbally scintillating, Bartherlme's essays, stories and novels redefined a generation of American letters and remain unparalleled for the way they capture the US pasttimes and obsessions, but nost of all for the way they capture the strangeness of life. Not-Knowing is a posthumous manifesto of one of the premier literary modernists.

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Review:

"Defiantly unclassifiable. . . . One of the most influential writers of his generation." --The Arizona Republic

"Such a warm and wise voice! Such a companionable volume." --Newsday
"Wonderful." --The Newark Star-Ledger
"The delight he offers readers is beyond question; his individuality is unmatched." --Los Angeles Times

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About the Author:

The late Donald Barthelme was a longtime contributor to The New Yorker, winner of a National Book Award, a director of PEN and the Authors Guild, and a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. His sixteen books--including Snow White, The Dead Father, and City Life--substantially redefined American short fiction for our time.

About the Editor:
Kim Herzinger teaches at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is the author of books and articles on D.H. Lawrence, modern and contemporary literature, Sherlock Holmes, and baseball, and is now at work on a cultural biography of Donald Barthelme.

About this edition

• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593761732
• ISBN 13: 9781593761738
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Herzinger Kim