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Description for Letters
Paperback. Num Pages: 772 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1078.
A landmark of postmodern American fiction, Letters is (as the subtitle genially informs us) "an old time epistolary novel by seven fictitious drolls & dreamers each of which imagines himself factual." Seven characters (including the Author himself) exchange a novel's worth of letters during a 7-month period in 1969, a time of revolution that recalls the U.S.'s first revolution in the 18th century - the heyday of the epistolary novel. Recapitulating American history as well as the plots of his first six novels, Barth's seventh novel is a witty and profound exploration of the nature of revolution and renewal, rebellion ... Read more
A landmark of postmodern American fiction, Letters is (as the subtitle genially informs us) "an old time epistolary novel by seven fictitious drolls & dreamers each of which imagines himself factual." Seven characters (including the Author himself) exchange a novel's worth of letters during a 7-month period in 1969, a time of revolution that recalls the U.S.'s first revolution in the 18th century - the heyday of the epistolary novel. Recapitulating American history as well as the plots of his first six novels, Barth's seventh novel is a witty and profound exploration of the nature of revolution and renewal, rebellion ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
Number of Pages
772
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564780614
SKU
V9781564780614
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About John Barth
JOHN BARTH's fiction has won the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award, and the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. For many years he taught in the writing seminars at John Hopkins University. He is the author of such seminal works as "The Sot-Weed Factor, Chimera" (for which he won the NBA), and "Giles Goat-Boy".
Reviews for Letters
"A work of genius."
New York Times Book Review "A landmark!... A prodigious and quite remarkable achievement."
Washington Post Book World "A testament to Barth's tremendous talent and wit... A treasure for those who delight in Barth's dazzling and unparalleled ingenuity."
Publishers Weekly
New York Times Book Review "A landmark!... A prodigious and quite remarkable achievement."
Washington Post Book World "A testament to Barth's tremendous talent and wit... A treasure for those who delight in Barth's dazzling and unparalleled ingenuity."
Publishers Weekly