Collected stories /
This comprehensive gathering highlights Barthelme's unique approach to fiction, his upside-down worlds that are nonetheless grounded in fundamental human truths, his scrambled visions of history that yield unexpected insights and his genius for dialogue, parody and collage, "the central pr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Library of America,
[2021]
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| Series: | Library of America ;
343. |
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| Summary: | This comprehensive gathering highlights Barthelme's unique approach to fiction, his upside-down worlds that are nonetheless grounded in fundamental human truths, his scrambled visions of history that yield unexpected insights and his genius for dialogue, parody and collage, "the central principle of all art in the twentieth century. |
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 979 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781598536843 1598536842 |