| Uniform title | Short stories. Selections |
| Series |
[American literature series]
American literature series. ^A910777
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| Contents |
Lost in the funhouse (1968): Frame-tale -- Night-sea journey -- Ambrose his mark -- Autobiography -- a self-recorded fiction -- Water-message -- Petition -- Lost in the funhouse -- Echo -- Two mediations -- Title -- Glossolalia -- Life-story -- Menelaiad -- Anonymiad -- Seven additional author's notes. |
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On with the story (1996): Check-in -- The end -- an introduction -- Pillow talk -- "That's a story?" -- Ad infinitum -- a short story -- "That's more like it" -- And then one day ... -- "Dot dot dot? ..." -- Preparing for the storm -- "Yes, well," -- On with the story -- "Maybe ... -- Love explained -- "You're putting words in her mouth" -- "Waves," by Amien Richard -- "No comment." -- Stories of our lives -- "That says it. Time to go." -- Goodbye to the fruits -- "I'll say yes to that." -- Ever after -- Pillow talk -- presently -- Countdown -- Once upon a time. |
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The book of ten nights and a night (2004): Invocation -- "WISYWIG" -- Help! -- First night: Landscape -- the eastern shore. Second night: The ring. Third night: Dead cat, floating boy. Fourth night: A detective and a turtle. Fifth night: The rest of your life. Sixth night: The big shrink. Seventh night: Extension. Eighth night: And then there's the one. Ninth night: 9999. Tenth night: Click. Eleventh night: WISYWIG? Afterwords. |
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The development (2008): Peeping Tom -- Toga party -- Teardown -- The Bard Award -- Progressive dinner -- Us/them -- Assisted living -- The end -- Rebeginning. |
| Abstract |
When John Barth's Lost in the Funhouse appeared in 1968, American fiction was turned on its head. Barth's writing was not a response to the realistic fiction that characterized American literature at the time; it beckoned back to the founders of the novel: Cervantes, Rabelais, and Sterne, echoing their playfulness and reflecting the freedom inherent in the writing of fiction. This collection of Barth's short fiction is a landmark event, bringing all of his previous collections together in one volume for the first time. Its occasion helps readers assess a remarkable lifetime's work and represents an important chapter in the history of American literature. Dalkey Archive will reissue a number of Barth's novels over the next few years, permanently preserving his work for generations to come. |
| General note | Series from book jacket. |
| Genre/form | Short stories, American. |
| LCCN | 2015016102 |
| ISBN | 9781628970951 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 1628970952 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
